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 DANCES: CLICK HERE TO REGISTER for our MAY 30th dance Please click HERE to contact us or join our mailing list for announcements.

JUNE 4th, 2023 2:30pm–6:30pm The Alice in Wonderland Tea Social & 14th Anniversary Celebration! It’s our anniversary and we are throwing a party! Come and dance historical favorites with a twist. Join us as we travel through the chapters of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland! This Tea Social is a wonderful opportunity to come dressed for ALICE, STEAMPUNK, or FANTASY! Join Darlene Hamilton and Whirled Peas, along with narrator Christopher Gauntt, as they take you on a merry journey through the wonderful world of Alice in Wonderland through music and dance. Alice’s Tips and Tricks for Tea and Dancing: 2:15-2:30pm Come early to attend this friendly session about our dancing. Includes lessons from Alice in Wonderland to improve your experience on the dance floor (for new and returning dancers). A NOTE IF YOU ARE NEW TO THIS VENUE: Don't be like the white rabbit... You will not want to be late. It may take a few minutes to park as well as fill out the waiver form. Along with settling in, greeting friends old and new, and getting yourself a cool drink... there are plenty of reasons to PLAN ON ARRIVING 20-30 MINUTES EARLY! THE ALICE IN WONDERLAND TEA SOCIAL > TICKETS: CLICK HERE < EVENT LOCATION: Woman’s Club of South Pasadena 1424 Fremont Ave (Corner of Fremont Ave. and Rollin Street) BEGINNERS WELCOME! NO PARTNER NEEDED! COSTUMES? ONLY IF YOU WANT! All manner of fun costumes are welcome but, as always, not required. Please be certain you can move easily in your costume and don’t wear anything that would impede you, or others, while dancing (i.e., no trains, tails, or high heels)! Dancing, snacking, friendship...and Tea! What a pleasant way to spend a Sunday afternoon! We hope you will join us. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Coming Saturday, JULY 8th, The Colonial Ball 6:30pm–10:30pm with caller James Hutson and music by Jeffrey Spero and Stepwise MORE DETAILS & TICKET SALES COMING SOON. SAVE THE DATE! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 for our dance is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED.< > High quality masks (N95, KN95, KF94 or similar) are REQUIRED. < > Vaccination is not required for these events. < NEXT DANCE DATES: May 30th* June 13th CLICK HERE TO REGISTER for our MAY 30th dance *with special guest Bob Altman on piano 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! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FRIENDSHIP FUND DANCE SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE Our Friendship Fund is available for all Historical Tea & Dance Society events and can even be extended to new dancers trying out our events for the first time. Our community believes that dancing should be available for all. If you, or a friend you know, would be served by a Friendship Fund Scholarship, please reach out. The Friendship Fund also offers STUDENTS a “bring a friend for free” pass. Just ask at the door! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “5 Things... Inside the Dancing Mind of...” Web Chats A 1 hour chat with leading artists, teachers, and experts from the English Country Dance community across the continent! Though we no longer have a regular monthly schedule, stay tuned as we still have a few shows in the works and will announce dates as they become available.. (Follow link to connect to all the past 5 Things guest talks we’ve had since March 2020.) CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION regarding our 5 Things web chats ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Coming in 2023... 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. Stay tuned as progress is being made. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP TO RECEIVE MORE DETAILS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OUR THANKS TO ALL OUR FRIENDS WHO HAVE BEEN A PART OF 14 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