I'm sure we will be there and definitely will be participating in the contest when we do show and tea is for sissies. lol
Jokes aside, anyone that has the opportunity to participate really should. You would be ensuring the success of a great event that will, hopefully, continue through the years. You will be building memories, bonds with new and old friends, great experiences, and you will not be what Theodore Roosevelt called "poor timid souls that will never know victory or defeat."
Tyler and I enter every contest that we can. We win some, we lose some. Judging is so subjective that you never know how you are going to do. The judges in one contest may like your sounds best and the judges in the next contest may not. At Brent Rueb's first stage calling contest at the Midwest event a young caller with two years experience won. Sign up. You have a chance at winning and if you do not, you will be in very good company.