Template: Getting an unexpected extra directory level when manually building multi-project template

I have manually built a multi-project template for a Silverlight project and the associated Web project.  I am using VS 2010, C#, and VSTemplate Version="3.0.0".

When I create a new project from the template, in the New Project dialog I fill in a distinctive name for the project and a different name for the solution.  I have the "create directory for solution" checked.  I would expect a directory structure like the following:

MySolutionName [containing the solution file]
    MyFirstProjectName    [containing the project and code files]
    MySecondProjectName   [containing the project and code files]

Instead the directory structure is like this:

MySolutionName [containing the solution file]
    MyProjectName [containing no files]
        MyFirstProjectName    [containing the project and code files]
        MySecondProjectName   [containing the project and code files]

I don't know how to get rid of that extra directory.  This may or may not be related to another post that I made conserning an error that occurs when I try to create a project.  In this other post I list the contents of my vstemplate files.  In the interest of brevity, I'll just refer to them here:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vsx/thread/febac24c-5344-4fdc-b3b6-7184cea47cc0

Any pointers are welcome.

Thanks,
Dogulas