SUPPORT OUR “5 THINGS” WEB CHATS To find specific links recommended by our guests please go to the list at the bottom of this page. To make a general donation to support our web chat and other online events we are hosting. JOIN US AT UPCOMING WEB CHATS: Tuesday, December 1st 5 THINGS WEB CHAT ~ special themed evening ~ EXPLORING DANCE TUNES with DAVE WIESLER Tuesday, December 8th 5 THINGS WEB CHAT DR. HEATHER CLARKE Tuesday, December 15th 5 THINGS WEB CHAT ALAN WINSTON Tuesday, December 22nd 5 THINGS WEB CHAT DARLENE HAMILTON ~~~ Prior guests’ RECORDED Web Chats are available to watch! 5 Things past Web Chats HERE Please click HERE to contact us about joining our mailing list.

TUESDAY NIGHTS ONLINE The Historical Tea & Dance Society is pleased to invite you to: “5 Things... Inside the Dancing Mind of” A special focused web chat with our guest Dave Wiesler on Exploring Dance Tunes ONLINE WEB CHAT Tuesday December 1st ~ 6:00pm pst (9:00pm est) What makes a good dance tune work?   How does one decode a tune, following its story through changes of mood to the “aha” moment?  And how can this help us become better dancers, musicians, and choreographers?  Please join us Tuesday as celebrated composer/musician Dave Wiesler brings us a new take on “5 Things”:  EXPLORING DANCE TUNES with DAVE WIESLER.   5 Things is a 1 hour web chat with leading artists, teachers, and experts from the English Country Dance community across the continent! * * * JOIN THE TUESDAY > WEB CHAT HERE < * * * THIS LINK UPDATES EVERY WEDNESDAY FOR THE UPCOMING TALK. (You must sign up for each individual talk.) On ZOOM and FACEBOOK LIVE We also stream ALL our web chats via FACEBOOK LIVE on our Historical Tea & Dance Society group page... www.facebook.com/HistoricalTeaAndDanceSociety DECEMBER 8th: DR> HEATHER CLARKE * * * WATCH PAST WEB CHATS! FIND THEM ALL ARCHIVED… HERE. We are also uploading them to our YouTube Channel. * * * Our 5 Things web chat series is free to attend. DONATIONS ARE GRACIOUSLY ACCEPTED for the support of our 5 Things program expenses. ~ LINKS to support our guests requests ~ Also links for purchasing their books, CDs, and more: With the cancellation of gigs and the current state of affairs many in our community have had their living severely reduced. We encourage all things that support our English Country dance community. ~ MARTHA GRIFFIN ~ ANNA RAIN ~ ~ GARY ROODMAN ~ PAUL ROSS ~ Recommend you donate to our group The Historical Tea & Dance Society to support the work we are doing on our 5 Things web series program. (There is a donation button in our sidebar.) ~~~~~~~~~ ~ JONATHAN JENSEN ~ DAVID SMUKLER ~ ~ GENE MURROW ~ BEVERLY FRANCIS ~ ~ BRIDGET WHITEHEAD ~ DAVE WIESLER ~ ~ JAMES HUTSON ~ BRAD FOSTER ~ ~ JENNA SIMPSON ~ SCOTT HIGGS ~ ~ DAVID MILLSTONE ~ ORLY KRASNER ~ ~ BROOKE FRIENDLY ~ BRUCE HAMILTON ~ ~ SHARON GREEN ~ JOANNA REINER ~ All recommend: Support The Country Dance & Song Society! AND SEND LOVE TO OUR ECD FREELANCERS HERE through CDSS.org AND Reach out in YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES and support YOUR LOCAL DANCE GROUPS and musicians to make sure they are surviving and will be here once we start dancing again! > > > BECOME A CDSS MEMBER < < < and help support dance and song communities in the US and Canada all year round, go to: www.cdss.org/join ~ KATY GERMAN, exec director of CDSS ~ Recommends you find out more about CDSS by visiting the website: www.cdss.org/ ~~~~~~~~~ ~ WALTER NELSON ~ Suggests you donate to The Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy DONATE BY CLICKING HERE ~~~~~~~~~ ~ RACHEL BELL & SUSAN KEVRA ~ Support the work Rachel and Susan do by donating at: RachelBellmusic.com A portion of all proceeds will go to Ashokan Northern Week Fiddle and Dance Camp “We're forever grateful for all that place has meant to us over the years, and we want to support the future of music and dance at Ashokan in any way we can.” ~~~~~~~~~ ~ LISA GREENLEAF ~ The Concord Scout House Make sure the Scout House is around for another 100 years by donating CLICK HERE! ~~~~~~~~~ ~ LOUISE SIDDONS ~ Scissortail Traditional Dance Society They continue to pay their rent during this time to help their halls survive. Extra funds are used to support community members in need, and to sponsor member projects related to their mission. All donations are tax deductible. To help support Scissortail by donating CLICK HERE! ~~~~~~~~~ ~ CHIP PRINCE ~ Support “Food for Thought” in Sonoma County. To donate CLICK HERE. If some people really want to donate to *me*, I won’t say no. To PayPal.me/ChipPrince  CLICK HERE. ~~~~~~~~~ Anna Rain also recommends a project we are greatly anticipating... JENNA SIMPSON’s GoFundMe to create a CD of tunes for her dances!  Musicians are Naomi Morse, Paul Oorts, and Dave Wiesler. CLICK HERE to support this much anticipated project! ~~~~~~~~~ ~ SHIRA KAMMEN ~ Support the “Playing with Phantoms” project (phantomplayers.com). All donations will go to this wonderful resource for English Country musicians! Send via PayPal to Shira Kammen CLICK HERE. ~~~~~~~~~ ~ OLIVIA BARRY ~ The John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC. The school's “fund-a-need” page allows you to donate directly to the music, song, and dance programs CLICK HERE. ~~~~~~~~~ ~ DAVE WIESLER ~ CDs and music books available directly from Dave HERE. ~~~~~~~~~ ~ JENNA SIMPSON ~ Under the Influence - 18 Dances by Jenna Simpson book Available on the CDSS site or directly from Jenna HERE. ~~~~~~~~~ ~ SCOTT HIGGS ~ Key to the Cellar - Dances by Jenny Beer & Scott Higgs book Available on the CDSS site or directly from Scott HERE. Also THINK LOCAL. Reach out to local folks in need. Your show of concern & caring can be a huge boost during this time. ~~~~~~~~~ ~ SUSAN de GUARDIOLA ~ Historical Dance Historian Support her work via PayPal HERE. (locator: susan (at) sle.org) ~~~~~~~~~ ~ BRUCE HAMILTON ~ "Companions in Waiting" Pet Rescue and Adoption Nonprofit Donate HERE. ~~~~~~~~~ ~ KATE BARNES ~ Purchase Barnes Books HERE (Email for Latterday Lizards CDs.) Purchase Bare Necessities CDs HERE at CDSS.org ~~~~~~~~~ ~ CÉCILE LAYE ~ Purchase Books and CDS HERE. ~~~~~~~~~ ~ REBECCA KING ~ Purchase Books and CDs HERE. ~~~~~~~~~ ~ KALIA KLIBAN ~ Buy Dance Books & Music from choreographers and musicians OR support YOUR local dance groups ~~~~~~~~~ ~ GRAHAM CHRISTIAN ~ Historical research Support his work via PayPal HERE. (locator: graham.christian (at) gmail.com)