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

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