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 TO REGISTER FOR UPCOMING DANCES: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29th DANSE MACABRE (mini) BALL CLICK HERE ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd COLONIAL TEA SOCIAL CLICK HERE ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 2nd, 4th & 5th TUESDAYS DANCING in PASADENA Historical & English Country Dancing for ALL levels Beginners welcome! Skandia Hall, Pasadena UPCOMING DANCES: October 8th October 22nd CLICK HERE TO REGISTER for our October 8th dance CLICK HERE TO REGISTER for our October 22nd dance (CLICK HERE to read our Code of Conduct and Etiquette Guide.) Please click HERE to contact us or join our mailing list for announcements.

(CLICK HERE to jump to our Fall 2024 Calendar below) Jump to TUESDAY NIGHT DANCING in Pasadena. >Details and MORE< You are invited to spend a ghoulishly delightful Halloween evening at our Danse Macabre (mini) Ball Tuesday, October 29th 7:15pm–10:15pm with caller DARLENE HAMILTON and Halloween-themed music by “REST ‘n’ PEAS” (members of Whirled Peas) LOCATION: Skandia Hall, Pasadena If you like our Alice in Wonderland Tea Social, The St. Nicholas Ball, and Dancing in the Throne Room at Labyrinth Masquerade, you will love what we do with Halloween! Bring your Spirit of whimsy and fun. This IS a DANCE event. Beginners are welcome. All dances are taught and called. No partner is needed. Folks are friendly and love to dance. This is a dry event. Alcohol is not permitted. (Historical dancers have more fun without it!) Dance, Trick-or-Treat with friends, and more! Costumes befitting the whimsical side of the holiday admired but not required. REGISTRATION and MORE DETAILS: Danse Macabre CLICK HERE IF YOU DARE Tickets $20 general admission, $30 Patron level REGISTER EARLY. LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE. EVENTS MAY SELL OUT. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEXT SUNDAY AFTERNOON EVENT: ~ The Colonial Tea Social ~ Sunday, November 3rd Featuring dance leader JAMES HUTSON with music by DAVID JAMES & CRAIG JOHNSON Womans Club of South Pasadena 2:30pm–6:30pm Doors open at 2pm The Historical Tea & Dance Society is pleased to invite you to an afternoon featuring the wonderful dances of the Colonial era (mid to late 1700s). Tickets $35 patron level / $25 general admission includes dance instruction, live music, and light refreshments As always, Friendship Fund Dance Scholarships are available. These tickets are to assist friends in our community who otherwise might not be able to attend. If interested please contact us. Purchasing tickets in advance helps to fund the event. REGISTRATION and MORE DETAILS: The Colonial Tea Social CLICK HERE TO REGISTER REGISTER EARLY. LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE. EVENTS MAY SELL OUT. MORE DETAILS ABOUT OUR TEA SOCIAL: • Historical costumes are NOT REQUIRED; Costumes are admired not required. Many will wear costuming of the Colonial OR Regency era. • Beginners are welcome. All dances are taught and folks are friendly. • Light refreshments will be served. If you would like to bring something for tea time please contact us via the contact link at the bottom of the inset box on this page. Caller James Hutson is the co-founder of the Culver City English Country Dance series and teaches historical dances including English Country dance, American Family dance, Square dance and more. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2nd, 4th & 5th TUESDAY NIGHT DANCES Skandia Hall in Pasadena 7:15pm–9:30pm NEXT DANCE DATES: Tuesday, October 8th Tuesday, October 22nd Whether you are brand new or LOVE this style of dancing, Tuesday nights in Pasadena is where you learn the skills to dance with elegance and ease! It’s a great mid-week pick-me-up with dance friends old and new. Plan on sticking around for after hours socializing and getting the latest details on a favorite dance, the next ball, or that costume question you always wanted to ask. 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! CLICK HERE TO REGISTER for our October 8th dance CLICK HERE TO REGISTER for our October 22nd dance ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Historical Tea & Dance Society ~~ FALL 2024 CALENDAR ~~ UPCOMING EVENTS! Click title or scroll below for more details on events 10-08 (Tuesday): Tuesday Dancing in Pasadena Caller Lindsay Verbil 10-22 (Tuesday): Tuesday Dancing in Pasadena 10-29 (Tuesday): Danse Macabre (mini) Ball Live music with “Rest ‘n’ Peas” for our Halloween party 11-03 (SUNDAY): Colonial Tea Social Caller James Hutson with musicians David James and Craig Johnson. 12-08 (SUNDAY): St. Nicholas Holiday Ball ~ SAVE THE DATE! Our annual formal dinner and ball filled with holiday music and dance! 12-26 (THURSDAY): Boxing Day Dance Party Details to come. Dancing, tea, friendship... What a pleasant way to spend a Sunday afternoon! We hope you will join us. The Historical Tea & Dance Society ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “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 ******************************* WHO WE ARE: The Historical Tea & Dance Society is a 501c3 educational non-profit run solely by volunteers. Please be kind always as we are all doing this for the love of dancing and making creative dance events affordable for all! Volunteers and donations are always welcome. OUR THANKS TO ALL OUR FRIENDS WHO HAVE BEEN A PART OF 15 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