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.
Next Dance
See an expanded schedule with footnotes and options on our schedule page.
Double Dance March 13
There will be a double dance with a potluck dinner in between on March 13. The dance features music by Andrew and Noah VanNorstrand of the Great Bear Trio with our own Kendall Rogers, and calling by Grant Goodyear and Keith Holmes. We will dance at Heights Presbyterian Church, where we danced years ago.
The next day there will be a dance at the La Bahia Hall in Burton featuring Austin callers with the VanNorstrand brothers.
Download this flier (PDF) for all of the details.
English Country Dances
Engish Country Dancing at Oxford Hall is moving, at least until Set for Spring, to the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays.
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