The Dance Of The Week for this week is Flight Of The Earls, or The Leuven Set by Jim Keenan that chronicles the flight of the Earls from Donegal beginning in 1607.
It’s not a particularly difficult dance but does have a variety of movements in each figure that will keep you thinking.
Click through for notes and video links.
Rather than a lot of text explaining the new feature, here’s a video to show how it works.
Alternatively, if you’re not in a video watching mood, head over to the North Kerry Set and click on the blue video icon 
above the first figure
The latest dance to be added to DanceMinder is an Irish set dance recently composed by Pat Murphy and presented during Connie Ryan Set Dance Weekend in January 2016.
The Carrowbeg Set has some reasonably simple but fun to dance moves and the third figure will no doubt remind you of the Lancers set.
Take a look for the notes and links to videos provided by Pat.
This is an odd bird of a set in that it mixes reels and marches in the final figure. Also, unlike most modern sets this one uses the elbow ceili hold (right hand in right with the right elbows bent and the hands in front with left hands cupping your partner’s right elbow).
If anyone has any video of this set being danced, let us know!
The dance for this week is a new dance by Ger Butler, composed in memory of his mother, called the Corballa Set. It’s got enough complexity to keep the dancers thinking and even a Sean Nos move thrown in for good measure.
Click through for notes, music references and links to videos of Pat Murphy calling each figure.
The Dance Of The Week for this week is The Merchant Set, a new set created by Pádraig and Róisín McEneany in late 2013. It’s a short, fun looking set which has the dancers dancing top position in turn on each figure. Click through for notes and video of the second figure.
Let us know if you’ve got video of any of the other figures!
Hello everyone, the latest dance to be added to DanceMinder is the Port Fairy Set by Fay MacAlinden. Click through for figure notes (remember, in both full and crib form!) and links to music and videos.
Members can also download PDF versions for review and printing.
The dance for this week is a relatively new dance created by John and Sheila McEvoy and their friend Mairéad Devane called the Rinkinstown Set. Follow the link for figure notes and links to video of the set.
Several changes have gone live on DanceMinder in the last couple of days. These include:
When you’re viewing a dance you will see two kinds of icons. 
which indicates that the element of a dance (either the dance or a figure) has no comments. By clicking on the icon you’ll be given the chance to add some.
You’ll also see 
which indicates that there are already comments that have been added to the element. By clicking the icon you’ll be shown those comments and given a field where you can enter new ones.
For the moment comments are added for public viewing un-moderated *gasp*. This means that we expect our members to act like adults, not to post anything that they wouldn’t want their mothers or children to read and to treat each other with respect.
At the moment you can’t edit or delete a comment you’ve added. Those features are on the way though.
DanceMinder has been modified to include a simpler sign-up system that doesn’t include captcha.
What’s captcha?