beerbecue,
I hope you land a job here in the Binghamton area at one of our schools! I'm going to try to launch a kilt night at one of the local Irish pubs, so by the time you move up here, hopefully that will be in place.
I have a Georgia background, myself! Was born in Valdosta, and lived in Savannah for 4 years during my Army service.
That Letchworth event you linked to is about 2 hours east of here (Binghamton)....