While part of the attraction may be the the caller staff, there is also the financial situation which plays a big part, at least for me, and is something which remains unfortunately unpredictable.
Sure, I'd love to fly across country (if I were living back home in California) to dance with Ben Rubright... however, whether or not I could afford the plane ticket, parking, hotel and dance fees for just a weekend is another subject altogether.
With that said... Anne, Ben and Betsy, for me, will always make me want to come and dance, whenever the situation allows me.
Conversely, there are callers who just do not "inspire" me to want to make any trip, even within my own city - and certainly I am not unanimous in that feeling. If DCLS continues on with the four-caller system, for me, there needs to be at least two that would make me want to be there in order to get me to come (though 2005 was the first one I missed).
So one thing you may want to consider is not necessarily trying new callers (though it can't hurt), but rather new combinations of callers who have previously called there -- and therein may be some solution, possibly.
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Date: 2005-11-14 04:08 pm (UTC)Sure, I'd love to fly across country (if I were living back home in California) to dance with Ben Rubright... however, whether or not I could afford the plane ticket, parking, hotel and dance fees for just a weekend is another subject altogether.
With that said... Anne, Ben and Betsy, for me, will always make me want to come and dance, whenever the situation allows me.
Conversely, there are callers who just do not "inspire" me to want to make any trip, even within my own city - and certainly I am not unanimous in that feeling. If DCLS continues on with the four-caller system, for me, there needs to be at least two that would make me want to be there in order to get me to come (though 2005 was the first one I missed).
So one thing you may want to consider is not necessarily trying new callers (though it can't hurt), but rather new combinations of callers who have previously called there -- and therein may be some solution, possibly.
I hope this helps, if even a bit.