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: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ QUICK LINKS FOR UPCOMING DANCES: SUNDAY, DEC. 10th ST. NICHOLAS HOLIDAY BALL & HIGH TEA An annual favorite! Celebrate the season with music & dance. . CLICK HERE for The St. Nicholas Holiday Ball TUESDAY, DEC. 26th BOXING DAY DANCE HTDS & Cal Dance Co-op are hosting a dance party! SAVE THE DATE! More details soon! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 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 November 28th dance Please click HERE to contact us or join our mailing list for announcements.

(CLICK HERE to jump to our Fall 2023 Calendar) Come celebrate the 10th ANNIVERSARY of The St. Nicholas Holiday Ball Sunday, December 10th at the Pasadena Masonic Temple* Callers Darlene Hamilton, Cara King, and Lindsay Verbil Holiday music by Whirled Peas *NEW location for 2023* JOIN US for our annual holiday event to celebrate the season! Filled with historical and English Country dancing to holiday music, this is a much-loved favorite event that normally sells out! Register early and join us at the lovely Pasadena Masonic Temple, all dressed up with Christmas cheer! This year we return with a CATERED HIGH TEA feast! A lovely way to celebrate the holidays with dance friends. Dress code is FORMAL ATTIRE OF ANY PERIOD as befits the event. TICKETS NOW ON SALE! St. Nicholas Holiday Ball tickets CLICK HERE Two different tickets are available: A High Tea & Ball ticket and a Ball only ticket More details to be found on our registration page. Please click on the above link. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Historical Tea & Dance Society Fall 2023 CALENDAR TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR THESE EVENTS! Click title or scroll below for more details on events 11-28 (Tuesday): Tuesday Dancing in Pasadena with caller Darlene Hamilton > Last chance to review a few St. Nicholas Holiday Ball dances < along with other historical selections. Tuesday night dance is a great place to learn more and improve your dance skills. 12-10 (Sunday): The St. Nicholas Holiday Ball 12-12 (Tuesday): Tuesday Dancing in Pasadena with caller Cara King 12-26 (Tuesday): Boxing Day Dance Party FREE DANCE! Sponsored by BOTH Cal Dance Co-op & HTDS! No tickets for this dance. Just show up with your dancing shoes! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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! = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = CLICK HERE TO REGISTER for our November 28th dance 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 and high quality masks (N95, KN95, KF94 or similar) are not required but are RECOMMENDED for our dances. < > Vaccination is not required for these events. < NEXT DANCE DATES: Tuesday, November 28th We will be reviewing some St. Nicholas Holiday Ball dances! Tuesday, December 12th 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Still in the works... 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