Hey Debra,
Our plugins currently do prioritize some other types of events for primary sort order—for example, “sticky” events will display at the top of the day in Month View.
However, there is no way to otherwise modify this behavior so that the order for display is different. It’s possible, but would unfortunately require a good deal of code customizations to implement 🙁
We cannot help with custom coding as clarified here → https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/what-support-is-provided-for-license-holders/
So to implement the features you describe, you would have to write that custom code or hire a professional developer to do it for you. We have a list of great developers here → http://m.tri.be/18k1 (and have no affiliation with any of these folks—they’re simply some well-respected names in the community that we’ve compiled to share in situations like this one).
Sorry to disappoint! Please let me know if there are any other issues or questions I can try to help with.
— George