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New to contra dance? Attend our Newcomers' Session at 7:30 before each regular dance.
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Houston Area Traditional Dance Society
HATDS is a non-profit corporation that sponsors and promotes contra and English Country dancing in the Houston, Texas metro area.
Upcoming Dances
The next contra dance is July 11 at St. Andrews.
The next English Country Dance in the Heights will be Thursday, July 9. Dancing starts at 7:30 at Oxford Hall.
More about our dances
We sponsor contra dances on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of most months at St. Andrews Episcopal Church. We offer a newcomers' session at 7:30 PM; the regular dance begins at 8:00. Check our schedule page for specifics. You may also sign up for our email reminders; read more on the Email Reminders page.
Don't know what contra is? See our About Contra and Contra FAQ pages.
Looking for English Country Dancing? Our English Country page has the information you need.
All dances are open to the public, feature live music, and are smoke- and alcohol-free. We also ask that you come fragrance-free, as some of our dancers are sensitive to chemicals. No partner is necessary, and it's a contra dance tradition to dance with many different partners through the course of the evening.
Explore our web site — there's a lot here! More importantly, please join us at a dance! We think that you will find us to be a friendly and welcoming group and contra dance to be great fun and exercise.
Live music always ♦ No partner necessary ♦ All dances taught and prompted