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: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 2nd, 4th & 5th TUESDAYS DANCING in PASADENA HISTORICAL & ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCING FOR ALL LEVELS Beginners welcome! Skandia Hall, Pasadena UPCOMING DATES: December 13th & 27th CLICK HERE TO REGISTER for our DECEMBER 13th dance ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NEXT 5 THINGS SHOW: 5 THINGS WEB CHAT MONDAY, December 19th with guest Dr. JOHN RAMSAY Please click HERE to contact us or join our mailing list for announcements.

TICKETS NOW ON SALE! The St. Nicholas Holiday Ball December 11th, 2022 4:30–9:30pm Our beloved annual holiday ball! JOIN US for our annual holiday event to celebrate the season with our community of dance friends. Filled with Victorian and English Country dancing to holiday music this is a much loved favorite event of the year and we are back again!  Once again we will be hosting a BALL ONLY event which includes intermission with tea, punch, savories, and gourmet desserts at the break. Join callers Darlene Hamilton, Cara King, and Lindsay Verbil with the Whirled Peas in our lovely hall all dressed up with Christmas cheer! PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Tickets are VERY limited and this event is meant for our DANCE COMMUNITY. There is NO TEACHING at this event and everyone attending is expected to understand the basic moves and concepts of English country and historical dance. If you would like to attend our events and are not yet a dancer we recommend waiting for January’s Jane Austen Tea Social and other wonderful events we host throughout the year. If you would like to attend our ball we recomment you participate in English Country dance classes available throughout southern California including ours on Tuesday nights. (Reach out to us if you would like to find out about other dance classes in your area.) REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN. Limited space available. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER for The St. Nicholas Holiday Ball LOCATION: Scottish Rite Cathedral 150 N Madison Ave, Pasadena, CA 91101 As always our Friendship Fund Scholarships are available for this event. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TUESDAY DANCING IN PASADENA! 2nd, 4th & 5th Tuesday Historical & English Country Dancing 7:15–9:30pm Skandia Hall 2031 E Villa St, Pasadena, CA 91107 Doors open at 7pm. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = BEGINNERS WELCOME! NO PARTNER NEEDED! COSTUMES ARE NOT REQUIRED! = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Join us for Historical and English Country dancing. Love Jane Austen, Bridgerton, The Gilded Age, and other historical movies and events? You will love Tuesday nights in Pasadena where we teach dances from history on into modern times. This dance style is alive and growing! It is an exciting world of upbeat dances to joyous tunes and also lovely slower moving dances to unexpected music that will surprise and delight. We welcome beginners to come and experience what this world of balls and tea dances is all about and how much fun it is. Costumes are not worn to our casual Tuesday night dances. Come join us on the dance floor, make new friends, get a little exercise mid-week at our Tuesday night dances! Arrive on time as we jump right into easy dancing. We will have you up and happily “footing it” in no time at all. PLEASE NOTE: > Registration is REQUIRED PRIOR to our dance.< Until further notice, due to the current health situation, you must be registered to enter the hall and attend our dances. > Proof of vaccination and masks are REQUIRED. NEXT DANCE DATES: December 13th & 27th CLICK HERE TO REGISTER for our DECEMBER 13th dance P.S. If our dates and links haven't updated yet, just email us for the link. We are a group of volunteers and don't always remember what we've forgotten about. We dance (almost) EVERY 2nd, 4th, and 5th Tuesday! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “5 Things... Inside the Dancing Mind of...” Next LIVE episode MONDAY December 19th A 1 hour chat with leading artists, teachers, and experts from the English Country Dance community across the continent! JOIN US on 3rd WEDNESDAYS for our English Country Dance web chat. (Follow link to join the next web chat OR connect to all the past 5 Things legacy guest talks we’ve had since March 2020.) CLICK HERE FOR 5 THINGS 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. We are aiming for this workshop to start early 2023. SIGN UP TO RECEIVE MORE DETAILS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OUR THANKS TO ALL OUR FRIENDS WHO HAVE BEEN A PART OF 13 SUCCESSFUL YEARS OF GREAT EVENTS both LIVE and online! YOU make all the difference to years of wonderful memories and more in the making. LIKE US ON FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/HistoricalTeaAndDanceSociety