I'll be there.. It did suffer over covid, but I actually met two 'new to mv shows' people last year and over the last two years it has gotten better. Not quite back to pre covid numbers but let's be positive.
... and just to give some perspective re the "basically no interest on SS" point. I once brought up this forum at a local chapter MVPA club meet (NYPENN) and it was crickets.. Almost everyone there HADN'T heard of Steel Soldiers, admittedly, most were retirees and not totally 'au-fait' with the inter webs.... I'd imagine the venn diagram of the two entities has oddly, little overlap!