For Directors
For Directors
Everything you need to enter Lone Star Preview and plan your day: entry, classification, scoring, timing, gates, passes and warm-up.
Detailed Schedules
Contest-day schedules for directors: the day at a glance, plus prelims and finals detail with lot arrival, warm-up areas and report times.
Entry & Fees
Entry fee $600
Payable to TWHS Band Boosters. Online payment, a school or booster check, a money order, or a school purchase order are all accepted. Both the entry form and the fee must be received before entries close for an entry to be valid.
- Registration form
- Entry fee form
- Questions: lonestar@twhsband.org
Eligibility & Classification
Lone Star Preview is open to all high school bands. Every performing member must be a full-time enrolled student at that high school or one of its feeder schools. Classification is by enrollment in grades 10 through 12 only.
| Class | Enrollment, grades 10–12 |
|---|---|
| A | 600 and under |
| AA | 601 – 1,250 |
| AAA | 1,251 – 1,750 |
| AAAA | 1,751 and above |
Judging & Scoring
Judges are drawn from the Bands of America, Drum Corps International and Winter Guard International adjudication lists, and are recruited from across the country. Lone Star Preview uses the Bands of America sheets: music counts sixty percent and visual forty; within those, general effect counts sixty and performance forty.
| Caption | Points | Judged from |
|---|---|---|
| Music Performance (Individual) | 20* | The field |
| Music Performance (Ensemble) | 20* | The stands |
| Visual Performance (Individual) | 20* | The field |
| Visual Performance (Ensemble) | 20* | The stands |
| General Effect (Visual) | 20 | High in the stands |
| General Effect (Music) | 40 | High in the stands |
| Timing & Penalties | Deductions only | Field level |
* Music Performance and Visual Performance scores are averaged, for a maximum of 20 points each.
Total possible score is 100.
Awards
Preliminary awards, in each classification
- First, second and third place
- Outstanding Music Performance
- Outstanding Visual Performance
- Outstanding General Effect
- Outstanding Auxiliary
- Outstanding Percussion
Finals
Top 12 advance to finals
The highest scoring bands advance regardless of classification. Finals awards run down the placings, plus the highest achievement in each caption. The champion receives the Champion Flag and may take the field for a victory performance.
The Lone Star Preview Championship Finalist performance schedule will be finalized based on a pre-draw conducted at the Band Check-in process prior to Preliminary Performances. The top 6 scoring Bands from Prelims will be assigned the last 6 Performance times in numerical order according to the pre-draw. The next 6 will be assigned the first 6 Performance times in numerical order according to the pre-draw. In the event of a 12th place tie, the draw will be adjusted to top 6, second 7 (or similar, according to the number of finalists). Overall preliminary scores are not announced until finals have concluded.
A judges’ critique is available after finals awards on a first-come, first-served basis.
Where Your Band Sits
Performing bands are strongly encouraged to watch from the visitor side stands. Visitor side seating is open and exclusive for all performing bands. If you choose to watch a performance from the home side stands, bands must sit as a group and must be accompanied by chaperones and may ONLY be sitting in the endzone sections: Section 100 or Section 500. If your band is not complying, you will be asked to move or return to the visitor side stands. Home side stand seating prioritiy is for paying spectators supporting all bands at Lone Star Preview.
Performing bands, chaperones, and staff are encouraged to watch from the visitor side stands.
Please use the visitor side
Bands are strongly encouraged to use the visitor side concessions and merchandise tables rather than the home side ones.
Conroe ISD allows performing groups to carry food and drinks into their own assigned seating area, but only on the initial entry as a group. Individuals cannot bring outside food or drink in later or carry student water bottles through the main entry gates.
NOTE: BBQ pit trailers, grill trailers, mobile smokers, etc and open flames of any kind are prohibited in or around the stadium and stadium parking lots.
Spectator Tickets
Parking is included with every ticket. Prelims and finals are separate ticketed sessions, the stadium clears between them.
| Ticket | Covers | Advance | At Gate |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Day | Prelims, finals, and both retreats | $35 | $40 |
| All Day 4-Pack | Four all-day admissions | $120 | n/a |
| Prelims Only | Morning through the prelims retreat | $20 | $25 |
| Finals Only | Evening session and awards retreat | $25 | $30 |
| Children 5 & Under | All sessions | Free | Free |
Advance pricing ends Oct 9 @ 11:59 PM CDT
Parking is included with every ticket. Prelims and finals are separate sessions, and all sales are final. A Conroe ISD or other school district employee badge *does not grant* admission to Lone Star Preview. Every spectator buys a ticket, including CISD employees and employees of other school districts.
Contact
- Contest chair: lonestar@twhsband.org
- Website: technology@twhsband.org
- The Woodlands High School Band Booster Club, P.O. Box 130744, The Woodlands, Texas 77393
Sponsorship
Lone Star Preview is the band’s largest fundraiser of the year, and sponsors reach thousands of directors, students and families across a single day. To discuss a sponsorship or a program advertisement, write to lonestar@twhsband.org.