MAKE A DONATION Your tax-deductible donation will help support ongoing projects and low-cost public events hosted by The Historical Tea & Dance Society, a 501c3 educational nonprofit, which strives to make historical & English Country dance available to all. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ To make a specific FRIENDSHIP FUND DONATION please use this button: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ EVERY 2nd, 4th & 5th TUESDAY DANCE CLASS HISTORICAL & ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCE CLASS FOR ALL LEVELS Beginners welcome! Skandia Hall, Pasadena UPCOMING DATES: TO BE ANNOUNCED <--- See post for details. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ JOIN US AT UPCOMING IN PERSON EVENTS: POSPONED: The Jane Austen Tea Dance Details to come. <--- See post for details. January 23rd The Unofficial Jane Austen Day at The Huntington Library, Museum & Gardens <--- See post for details. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ JOIN US AT UPCOMING ONLINE EVENTS: January 29th Saturday 2pm pacific From Jane Austen to Fezziwig, and Beyond Regency Dance lecture with Susan de Guardiola > > TICKET LINK < < From Jane Austen to Fezziwig and Beyond lecture Lecture 2pm pacific $5.00 USD ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Tuesday February 15th 5 THINGS WEB CHAT Please click HERE to contact us or join our mailing list for announcements.

JANUARY NEWS & EVENTS UPDATE! Due to the uncertainties of the current health situation and our love for our dance community, we have decided to not host dance events or dance classes for the month of January. There will be NO DANCE CLASSES or JANE AUSTEN TEA SOCIAL in January. We plan to “bump our schedule forward” and host our Jane Austen Tea Social on the soonest Sunday the health environment looks safe enough to dance. We will give you all fair warning of the new date and send out a ticket payment link prior to the event when we are certain to all those who have registered. TUESDAY DANCE CLASSES & SUNDAY AFTERNOON DANCES will be back again one day soon. Stay tuned for news and updates by joining our mailing list and adding us to your contacts. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SOME GOOD NEWS! mostly outdoor annual Unofficial Jane Austen Day at the Huntington Library, Museums, and Gardens Sunday, January 23rd Meet to enjoy the fresh air and stroll the grounds in high style! There is NO REGISTRATION for this event. Simply show up and be part of it all. Our annual UNOFFICIAL gathering of friends is back for 2022. This event is NOT associated directly with The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. STROLL THE GROUNDS IN FASHION: Though costumes are not required they are part of the fun! As always "Costumes admired but not required!" Please join us for a lovely day strolling the grounds, viewing magnificent works of art, and enjoying the day in Jane Austen style. MAKE A RESERVATION: Use your best methods to book a reservation and enter the grounds. If you have a Huntington annual pass feel free to use it. If you have passes to share or a request for one please feel free to post on our Facebook event page in the discussion section. FaceBook event page link: https://fb.me/e/334KZT7qO FOLLOW RULES and GUIDELINES of location: https://www.huntington.org/plan-your-visit THIS IS NOT A DANCE EVENT: This is an unofficial community “meet-up” event for friendship's sake. There is no public dancing or picnicking allowed at the Huntington. GROUP PHOTO: A group photo will be planned for 1pm (approx) IN THE ROSE GARDEN AREA. (If you are having trouble finding us look for lots of folks dressed appropriately hanging around that area.) PLEASE REVIEW THE CURRENT MASK POLICY AT THE HUNTINGTON before attending. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Saturday January 29th 2pm pacific From Jane Austen to Fezziwig, and Beyond: Why the last dance of the evening became the best dance of the night with Susan de Guardiola The ball is almost over: you've worn holes in your slippers, your hair is coming down, and you may be a little bit drunk — but you still want that one last dance, the finishing dance!  Whether it's La Boulangere (the only dance mentioned by name in Jane Austen's novels) or Sir Roger de Coverley (stretching through the Regency to Charles Dickens), or the Grandfather dance, the finishing dance was your last hurrah of the evening. Internationally-known dance historian Susan de Guardiola returns to guide us through stories of the joyful chaos of the final dances in the glittering Regency ballrooms of England and Europe and across the Atlantic to their North American descendants. TICKETS FOR SALE IN SIDE BAR ---> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “5 Things... Inside the Dancing Mind of...” LET’S STAY CONNECTED! “Inside the Dancing Mind of…” a virtual Tea Talk A 1 hour chat with leading artists, teachers, and experts from the English Country Dance community across the continent! 3rd TUESDAYS An English Country Dance web chat CLICK HERE FOR TUESDAY WEB CHAT Information and registration ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Coming soon... An HTDS Callers Workshop LEARN TO CALL DANCES! The skills you learn enhance your dancing on many levels. Email us to get on our list to be notified about this upcoming workshop. Reach out to us at historicalteaanddance at gmail or Facebook messenger. SIGN UP TO RECEIVE MORE DETAILS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LIKE US ON FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/HistoricalTeaAndDanceSociety