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Judge & announcer overview

You can create a judge account yourself at any time, but the work comes to you: a competition host invites you to a specific event and a specific scoring section. If a host has already invited you, everything starts with the invitation link they sent by email or text — it creates your account for you if you don't have one.

If you're judging

Your whole job lives on one phone-friendly page:

  1. Accept your invitation — sign in with Google or pick a password, and your account is created on the spot.
  2. Before the show, review the lineup and where your band order stands.
  3. On the day, tap Ready when you're set. The announcer can't start a performance until every judge is ready — the press box can override that in an emergency, but the readiness record is yours to set.
  4. Score each performance as it happens: enter points for each caption, record a short voice commentary, and add written notes. Tap Submit Scores and the next band comes to you automatically.

You score one section — Band, Percussion, Color Guard, whatever the host assigned you. You'll never see other judges' numbers, and your work ends at submission: rankings and results are the host's department.

If you're announcing

You run the rhythm of the whole day from the announcer console:

  • One big button advances each band: Stage → Start Performance → Finish Performance. The button won't let you jump the gun — it waits for check-in and for the judges.
  • A ready-made Announcement Script gives you the words for each band: director names, drum majors, show title.
  • Between bands, you read paid fan shoutouts and vendor ads, checking each off as you go.
  • At night's end, the Awards Teleprompter walks you through results band by band, award by award — in sync with your co-announcer's screen.

It's all on the web

No installation is required — judge sheets and the announcer console are web pages that work on any reasonably recent phone, tablet, or laptop. A tablet is comfortable; a phone works fine. Since you'll live on the same screen all day, we do recommend adding MusterSheet to your Home Screen before competition day, then opening your judge sheet or announcer console while you have signal and keeping it open — an open screen keeps working through a stadium signal drop; a closed one can't be reopened until the signal comes back.