Nice page, Jim; I've bookmarked it and will check back in from time to time.

Somehow from your mentioning of the Virginia area I got the impression that you hailed from that area. I can see where the F&D field might be a little sparse out there in Kansas!

Some of the CW Reenacting Units have a small "Field Music" component, although they might not list them as a "Corps", per se..
Most of those who don't feature Field Music wish they did after they go to a big event and see those of us who do in action.
I don't know if you have any interest in ACW, but much if not most of our Music is the same as was being used from circa. 1812 if not the Rev. War.

If you were to contact a nearby ACW/RE Unit, I have little doubt that they would be delighted to hear from you, and if they had no FM to begin with may well want to recruit you as Fife Major and start one!
A Drummer would be great, but as we all know not every Company had or kept both; often one or the other had to do for cadence and communications for lack of anything better, and any music really enhances a Company's impression as well as Spectator appreciation.

Back when the Third ME was only a Line Infantry Co., we used to get fifty bucks or so for a parade; after Drum Major Roger Beverage got the Field Music up to speed, we commonly bring in $500 honoraium, and at least one out-of State St. Pattie's Day parade netted the Unit $1K.
These funds not only underwrite our insurance and operating expenses in order to keep our dues affordable, but go towards Battle Flag Preservation, Historical Research, and Educational Outreach.

This phenomenon is not lost on the Reenacting Community, and we see renewed interest in Field Music.

Roger has been appointed Chief Musician for the U.S. Volunteers Brigade (National Union Reenacting Consortium)and has been asked to direct the USV Field Music for the massive upcoming Gettysburg 140th Reenactment. They want a lot more Buglers on the field this year as well, and I have been brushing up on my Clairon de' Ordnance.

The Fife does not get a lot of press in "Folk Music" circles, perhaps due to it's martial association. It was for much of the early 19th Century, though, considered a "Poor Man's Fiddle" and was commonly used in many a humble parlor.
In many of the young Protestant Churches, a Fife would have frequently been used in leiu of an organ.

It just doesn't seem to get the respect it deserves as a legitimate "Folk Instrument".