Alas, the Villages will be a home for me only in the off season, at least for a while. So I'll be looking for you from May to November for sure. I hope your show went great today and was well attended. Thanks for keeping this kind of music alive. It's the real thing.
I started an amateur folk sing-along/jam group back in 2007 in Arlington, VA (
The DC Area Folk SOJO (Sing Out Jam Out) (Arlington, VA) | Meetup). I moved away, but it's still going strong. We have some wonderful singers and players, many of whom were influenced by and are fans of the big ensemble folk sound of the NCM and Serendipity Singers. SOJO even spawned Shenandoah Run (
Shenandoah Run - Folk Music with a Kick), another folk group like yours that plays around the DC area. I wrote to NCM a while back to tell them about SOJO and NCM's influence on us. I got a nice note back from long-time member Mary Jo Benson.
As you might know, the New Christy Minstrels are planning a major tour in 2020. I didn't get to see them in their heyday, but I saw them twice within the last decade or so, and they are still great. Wouldn't it be something if your manager could get you booked as the opening act on their tour?