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: September 27th October 11th & 25th CLICK HERE TO REGISTER for our September 27th dance ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NEXT 5 THINGS SHOW: 5 THINGS WEB CHAT is on a break until October. Stay tuned for more news and our new day! Upcoming guests include Ann Schau & Dr. John Ramsay Please click HERE to contact us or join our mailing list for announcements.

OCTOBER 9th, 2022 Dancing & Tea with teacher/caller Val Medve, and musicians Rebecca King & Jon Berger We are delighted to present a “three-for-one” afternoon: 2 fun and illuminating dance workshops “PURCELL'S PLUMS” “MAKING MAGIC” taught by nationally-known dance leader Val Medve AND A TEA TALK on Music by Rebecca King Music will be by Rebecca King and Jon Berger (from the band Persons of Quality) I took one of Val's workshops at a weekend festival and it was wonderful. You won't want to miss her easy-going style and wonderful dance tips! LOCATION: Athletic Garage Dance Center 121 Waverly Dr, Pasadena, CA 91105 (Major cross street: Fair Oaks Avenue. 2 blocks from L Station at Raymond/Del Mar) http://www.athleticgarage.com/ REGISTRATION & More information: CLICK HERE LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE. Please let us know if you need to cancel so that we may invite any waitlisted friends. As always our Friendship Fund is available for this event. PLEASE NOTE: Attendees are expected to have a basic working knowledge of ECD dance moves. These workshops are paced for dancers who are able to do common moves at ease including heys, triple minors, and half figure-8s. Newer dancers may be asked to sit out more challenging dances to watch and learn. Both Val Medve and Rebecca King were guests on our 5 Things... Inside the Dancing Mind of... Web Show You can watch both of their talks, along with many others, here on our: 5 Things Web Show page. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 dance to actual music and dances from history 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. Many, but not all, will wear them when attending our larger weekend events so come as you are comfortable. Love costuming? It’s perfect. Don’t love costuming, no worries! Costumes are not required for any of our events though we love to admire them all. 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: September 27th October 11th & 25th CLICK HERE TO REGISTER for our September 27th 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...” NOW ON 3rd WEDNESDAYS! “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! 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. 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