Seats are assigned on a first come, first served basis. Not sure if they allot any concierge seats. We booked late for our HDDR seats, about 3 months out. Our table was upstairs, which I know is not considered optimal, but we enjoyed it, I would rather that than one of the tables right at the back near the doors, I don't think DS would have seen anything.
Who knows!!? There seem to be many different opinions on this one. Some say your table is assigned when you book, others say it depends on when you actually pick up your tickets, yet others say it is when you check in at the podium. My experience? We had HDDR booked for August 14, a Sat. I booked it about 9 months out. The day we checked in at the CR, Hurricane Charley hit. Well....FW was shut down for the next two days due to wind damage to the trees. We had to rebook HDDR. We did get seats the following Tuesday evening. But, we ended up on the side of the balcony. Not horrible seats. So.....we are going again in Oct. I booked in Nov '04..my dd is celebrating her 13th b-day with another girl who is celebrating her 13th also. I plan on getting our tickets as soon as humanly possible when we get to BWV...then to the podium to check-in asap. Hopefully we will get a table up closer to the stage.
I have yet to hear a definative answer as to how you are seated. Some say they booked 2 days beforehand and got a front row table. Good luck!!