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 FEBRUARY 14th dance Please click HERE to contact us or join our mailing list for announcements.

MARCH 5th, 2023 2:30pm–6:30pm The Celtic Tea Social with Callers Renee Camus and Darlene Hamilton with music by Whirled Peas   The month of March is made for wishing upon lucky four leaf clovers along with listening and dancing to joyous Irish and Scottish tunes! Join us for our Celtic Tea Social, a long-time favorite in our community of dancers. Our callers Renee Camus and Darlene Hamilton will take you through a lively afternoon celebrating all things Celtic! Filled with uplifting joyful tunes and dances, you will surely leave with a skip in your step and a smile on your face. Back again to fill our hall with music is WHIRLED PEAS band featuring Bob Altman, Patty McCollom, and David James! LOCATION: ~ our new venue for 2023 ~ Woman’s Club of South Pasadena 1424 Fremont Ave (Corner of Fremont Ave. and Rollin Street) BEGINNERS WELCOME! NO PARTNER NEEDED! This is a wonderful event to bring friends who are new to dancing! COSTUMES? ONLY IF YOU WISH! Though costumes are not required, at this event many folks will dress whimsically in honor of our Celtic favorites (think Scottish and Irish). A touch of green or wearing of the plaid adds to the fun of the day. CELTIC TEA SOCIAL REGISTRATION & More information: > CLICK HERE < Friendship Fund Scholarships are available for all Historical Tea & Dance Society events. 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to our dance.< > Proof of vaccination and masks are REQUIRED. We will be teaching dances from the Jane Austen Evening Ball and from Jane Austen’s time all month long. NEXT DANCE DATES: February 14th February 28th CLICK HERE TO REGISTER for our FEBRUARY 14th 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...” 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 avilable.. (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 spring 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. 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