Dawnya Sasse was raised on the road, the child of musicians and quickly gained from a young age, a unique and creative perspective on entertaining. In 1988 Dawnya began traveling to Great Britain, leading tours throughout the United Kingdom. Her passion for Britain and her love of all things theatrical, led her to the creation of Tea Events in the 1990's.

In 1997, Dawnya traveled to Cape Cod, Massachusetts for extensive tea consulting. She enjoyed personal training with Donna and Ron Lasko (New England's Tea Couple). Ms. Sasse went on to study with Pearl Dexter - publisher of Tea - A Magazine and nationally acclaimed tea author James Norwood Pratt, Edward Brahma of the London Brahma Tea Museum among a variety of other tea authorities.

Dawnya opened her first tearoom in 1998 and her second tearoom in 2000 in Bend, Oregon.  The local media dubbed her "Lady" Dawnya and the title has stuck to this day.

In 2003 Dawnya launched the first online tea training course www.Startateabusiness.com allowing students from all over the world to receive tea training from the comfort of their own home. (currently she has taught students in almost every state in the union and 10 foreign countries.) 

 In 2004 she authored the first complete children's tea party training program entitled Start A Children's Tea Party Business TM.  

2005 found Lady Dawnya busy mixing her passion for history and tea in a new training system entitled  www.VictorianDays.com and launching the first internet radio station devoted solely to tea.  (www.TeaRadio.com)  While also producing a series of exciting tea seminars now available on CD. 

In 2006 Dawnya kept busy coordinating the first tea business cruise for students of tea around the US and Canada (www.TeaCruise.com) .  In 2007 she began remodeling and relocating her Tea Events (TM) headquarters from Bend, Oregon to Washington, Kansas.

Lady Dawnya spent the first 7 years of her tea career working full time as the owner and manager of Tea Events teahouse in Bend, Oregon. In the summer of 2004 she sold the teahouse in order to provide tea related education full-time.  

She is a past president of The Ladies Tea Guild - Bend, Oregon Chapter (www.Glily.com) and a regular contributing tea author to such periodicals as Bustle, The Gilded Lily ,The Country Register, The Tea House Times and TeaDigest.org.

Her picture and tea house have been featured in various tea related guides such as Teatime in the Northwest. She is the Artistic Director and creator of Victorian Days - A Girl's Camp. (www.VictorianDays.com) and a regular speaker on a variety of tea, etiquette and historical topics.

In her spare time Dawnya enjoys pouring tea for good friends, chasing her cats (Mister and Tea')  and relaxing with her husband of 18 years.  (no kids just cats :)

But- a business owner's work is never done and so Lady Dawnya continues to pursue advanced tea education in order to bring her clients "extraordinary tea business training."

Hmmm.. what wonders will this year bring?