hi again-don't know if these links are redundant, but thought some of you might like them.
CDSS country dance and song society- dances include traditional dances (contras, New England and Appalachian squares, traditional English community dances, English and American step and clog dances); historical dances (English country dances from the 17th to 20th centuries and Early American country dances from the Revolutionary era); and seasonal display dances (morris, rapper, longsword and garland). folk music, ballads and songs; traditional and historical dance music; regional styles of vocal and instrumental music; and early music for period instruments and voice.
http://www.cdss.org/
early music america http://earlymusic.org/content/home.asp
http://www.amherstearlymusic.org/
and if any of you are in the Albany/ Saratoga area and do any early stuff-- and accept suckers, err, new participants-- holler!
Teri