Because The Houston Hoedown is not hosted by a specific club, individual volunteers are vital to its success.

As you can imagine, helping with decorations and the dance floors, monitoring sound equipment, serving as door keeper, and assisting at the registration table are just a few of the many tasks that require lots of help to keep the hoedown running smoothly.

• Most volunteer positions are filled by persons who are pre-registered for the hoedown.
• All positions are 100% voluntary.
• No volunteer (officer, director, coordinator, supervisor, assistant, or any other) gets paid or compensated in any way. We do this for free because we like it!
• All volunteers pay full registration, pay full price for t-shirts, dangles, and other hoedown-related items for sale, and pay for their own rooms at the negotiated hoedown rate--just like all other attendees.
• Some positions require a one or two-day early arrival and/or a one or two-day extended stay at the volunteer's expense.
• Exceptions:
  
  » Persons who live locally and do not plan to register for the entire hoedown may be granted entrance to an event (such as an evening dance or an afternoon of workshops) in return for a designated number of hours of volunteering. Please contact Lori for details.
  
  » In keeping with our policy that "no one will ever be turned away for lack of funds", individuals contacting us discreetly may be asked to volunteer as a way of paying for all or part of their registration fee. In this case, please contact Jim Chakeres.

In random order: Eiki Yoshikawa ~ Cullen Ruff ~ Tony Labella ~ Jim Coakley ~ Kimber Keany ~ Terry Chasteen ~ Jose Martinez ~ Rob Ollander-Krane ~ Claude Godbout ~ Daniel Craigmile ~ Lisa Coopersmith ~ Drusilla Steele ~ Scott Roewer ~ Daniel Barutta ~ Klint Kendrick ~ Mark Evans ~ Charlie Monroe ~ Jim Chakeres ~ The LA Wranglers ~ Alan Gaudet ~ Lori Boldman ~ Chad Graber New Mexico Dance Fiesta ~ Ingu Yun ~ Joan McDonough ~ Cross The Line Dancing Houston ~ Neon Boots Dancehall & Saloon ~ Keith Manning ~ Richard Sheftman ~ Danny Rideout ~ Michael Stevens ~ Curtis Tutt

In random order: Big Easy Stompers ~ The LA Wranglers ~ Club Bolo Danse Country Montreal ~ Second City Country Dance Association ~ ~ Columbus Stompers ~ Mavericks ~ The Dairyland Dancers ~ Big Apple Ranch ~ Dance Ranch Palm Springs ~ Toronto Wranglers ~ The Sundance Association for Country Western Dancing ~ Southern Country Charlotte ~ Southern Line Atlanta ~ DC Rawhides ~ Manhattan Mustangs ~ The Rocky Mountain Sway ~ Rainbow Ranglers Dance Club ~ Gays for Patsy ~ Dancin' Divas ~ Rain Country Dance Association ~ San Diego Coasters ~ Scandalous