I started out with an 1870's Cavalry unit in 1979. Got into the 1830's fur trade/rendezvous for a while. Then I joined the Napoleonic Association in Europe around 1984. That's when I started really getting into the historic music end of it. Back in the States, I fooled around with the Civil War folks long enough to learn that that era isn't my cup of tea. Then I started researching the American colonial period and Revolution. I started doing living history demonstrations for schools, boy scouts, and the like. Now I'm retired from the Army and belong to both a French and Indian War militia, and a Revolutionary War regiment, Preston's Augusta County (Virginia) Rangers, and the VIIth Virginia, respectively. I also belong to the Coalition of Historical Trekkers. I'm currently finishing up a degree in history and work at a living history park, The 1611 Citie of Henricus, site of the second successful English settlement in America. I work in both the Powhatan Indian Village, and the English Citie. I guess you could say I'm in it up to my neck.