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25th January 2019	The HTML 5 update is complete. If you notice any pages that dont work or look strange then please email Colin at Colin@BelfastInternet.com	ScottishDancing.org
21st January 2019	ScottishDancing.org is currently getting a re-write to make it HTML 5 compliant. There will also be new content arriving over the next few months so keep checking back.
29th June 2017	New server: ScottishDancing.org has moved to a new server. Our next project is to completely re-design the site and bring it up to date.
29th June 2017	Change of URL's: ScottishDancing.info and ScottishDancing.mobi have changed to Dancipedia.ScottishDancing.org and m.ScottishDancing.org. The old names will continue to work for a while but you should update your favourites, bookmarks and links.
5th December 2010	The Argory Christmas Craft Fair is one of the highlights of Christmas for everyone in Craigavon and Armagh. The Scottish Dancers came along with news of one of their new activities for 2011 The 8 Easy Dances from Scotland On a cold, sunny, snowy day the shortbread and flumps went down well with visitors and, if you're wondering, the warmest person was Colin in his thick woolly socks and kilt!	Pictures from the day.
5th September 2010	Details for some of the classes have been updated. More updates to follow soon.	Class List
8th April 2010	A new version of the ScottishDancing.org toolbar is now available. New features include: Selectable class announcement ticker Integration with Facebook	Toolbar download
12th January 2010	Class Announcement Blog is now online	Class Announcement Blog
7th January 2010	Play the free, fun Bash the Haggis game. Just follow the link to the ->	Bash The Haggis
11th December 2009	Congratulations to the DPA level 1 class for all passing the exam. The class will receive their certificates at a celebration dinner in Portadown Golf Club. Check back to see the photos.	Event details
11th December 2009	Beat the new year blues with our Burns Night for beginners in January 2010. Venue and other details to follow.
10th December 2009	A whatsnew page has been added to ScottishDancing.org	Whats New
2nd November 2009	The website should load up faster now as http compression has been enabled. If your browser does not support HTTP compression then the website will perform as before.	Our homepage
31st May 2009	Some videos from the Portadown Group Summer Party have been added to the videos page. There will also be more coming soon	Videos
26th May 2009	Social networking has been added to ScottishDancing.org Click on the buttons at the bottom of a page to add that page to FaceBook, Del.icio.us, StumbleUpon, Reddit or Digg
13th May 2009	A new calendar has just been added to the website. The mini calendar is displayed on every page.	Calendar
6th January 2009	The Portadown Group dancing class starts again on Wednesday 7th January 2009 at 8pm. The Desertcreat Group dancing class starts again on Thursday 8th January 2009 at 8pm. The Desertcreat Group childrens dancing class starts again on Thursday 15th January 2009 at 7pm.	Groups
30th December 2008	All of us at ScottishDancing.org would like to wish our visitors a Happy Hogmany
3rd December 2008	The website has now moved over to the new server and most, if not all the bugs have been ironed out. If you find something that doesn't work, please email me at webmaster@scottishdancing.org
3rd December 2008	Now that the site is on the new server, the Dancipedia project is underway. Follow the link in the menu to the left for "Dancipedia" The Dancipedia is an encyclopedia of Scottish Dancing, as time goes on it will be populated with information on dances, music & lots more. It uses the same software as Wikipedia.org. Users can register and become editors to update information.	Dancipedia
27th November 2008	The website has now moved onto a new server. We are experiencing a few bugs at the moment. Please bear with us as we get these ironed out.
7th November 2008	We have just joined the "Scottish Country Dancing" webring. Please visit the other sites in the ring by using the navigation bar below.
14th October 2008	Our online gallery has been upgraded to "Coppermine". Some new features are: User gallerys (upload your own photos), Ratings, Comments & Integration with the message forums. We are currently migrating all the old galleries into the new one.	The new gallery
12th July 2008	Lots of new photos in our picture galleries.	Gallery
9th July 2008	Have a meaningful and fun experience this summer. A list of free events over the summer has been added to the website. You can come along to the events to watch or join in.	Events page
7th July 2008	New items are available from the shop. Treat yourself and support recycling.	Shop
11th June 2008	Details of the Raphoe Ulster Scots Festival are now online.	Events page
25th May 2008	ScottishDancing.org online shop is now available.	Shop
23rd May 2008	Summer workshops - Come and try SCD for yourself, dates and locations available soon.	Events
22nd May 2008	Belfast Branch publishes 60th Anniversary book of Scottish Country Dances.
21st May 2008	Would you like your child to learn Scottish Country Dancing? Schools can get help from the Ulster Scots Agency to set up and after-school club.	Ulster Scots Agency
7th February 2008	Details of the Dublin Annual Dance and the RSCDS Portrush Branch weekend school are now on the events page and on the map.	Events page
31st January 2008	New photo galleries are now online	Photo galleries
22nd January 2008	Meet the 4 legged dancers	About us
1st January 2008	We (the website admins) have just returned from a very enjoyable New Years party at the Comfort Hotel, Dunsilly (Near Antrim) We would definately recommend future events to all our site visitors.	Comfort hotel website
31st December 2007	Things have been quite quite at scottishDancing.org over the Christmas holidays. We will be adding more content to the site in January so stay tuned.
24th November 2007	Dance Cribs on your mobile! There is now a searchable database of dance cribs online. It is primarily aimed at mobile browsing (i.e. You can look up cribs on your mobile phone) although is can be viewed on a desktop PC. If you set IE to enlarge the text (View -> Text size -> Largest) it will look better. The cribs themselves are from Minicrib and we would like to thank Charles Upton for allowing us to use them.	Mobile Cribs
7th November 2007	We have just launched a new Scottish Dancing site specifically designed to be viewed on mobile phones and other small mobile devices. The site is at scottishdancing.mobi It can be viewed on a PC but the pages will look very small.	Mobile site
18th October 2007	QUB FREE CEILIDH POSTPONED - Unfortinately, due to a last minute hitch with the venue, we have had to postpone the Free Ceilidh that was to be held in the Students Union. We are attempting to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. Keep checking back here (and the message forums) for further updates.	Forum
4th October 2007	The ScottishDancing.org toolbar is now available for download (both IE & Firefox)	Toolbar download
4th October 2007	ScottishDancing.org is now a carbon neutral website. In association with CoCo2 we offset the electricity used to power the website server by supporting projects such as planting trees, creating wind farms or investing in renewable energy projects throughout the world.	CoCo2 website
2nd October 2007	COMPUTER SALE - We are pleased to link up with Total PC Solutions who are offering excellent 2nd user PC's at unbelievable prices! Follow the link to the right for details.	Computer Sale
26th September 2007	Our Free Ceilidhs are now in full swing. They are being held in Portadown, QUB Student's Union & East Belfast. See our events page for details.	Details of free ceilidhs
8th September 2007	Dance Scottish Week is under way all across the world. Dancers in Northern Ireland are having fun tonight in Bangor, Co. Down at our 1940s dance. Join in, no matter where you are - dance a jig in your living room and come to one of our free ceilidhs.	Details of free ceilidhs
6th September 2007	Details of the RSCDS Belfast Branch classes commencing in September 2007 are now online.	Classes page
31st August 2007	Dance Scottish Week Free Ceilidhs in Lisburn, Queens Universiry, Portadown and East Belfast. Keep checking the events page for further details.	Events page
31st August 2007	Sunday's picnic in the park has been cancelled due to the weather.
11th July 2007	Check out the new photos in the gallery.
14th June 2007	There is a new version of the message forum software online. Please use the link to the right of this news item to access it. The messages from the old forum will be moved to the new forum over the next few weeks. Users should register on the new forum to post messages.	New forum
28th May 2007	The new website (This one) is now live. Please tell us what you think by completing the questionaire (from the Website information menu item to the left)	Questionaire
21st April 2007	An interactive map of Events, Groups, Classes and Workshops is now on Google Maps	Google Map
31st March 2007	Message board forums are now online	Forums
20th March 2007	Party in Portadown 50th Anniversarty for the Portadown Group will be celebrated on Saturday 19th May 2007 in Portadown Town Hall. More details soon.	Portadown page
1st January 2007	We (the site admins) are just back from a New Years party at the Comfort Hotel at Dunsilly near Antrim We have had a very enjoyable evening and would recommend future events to all our visitors.	Comfort hotel website
1st January 2007	We (the website admins) are just back from a very enjoyable New Years Party at the Comfort Hotel, Dunsilly, Near Antrim. We would definately recommend future events to our site visitors.	Comfort hotel website
1st August 2006	With the hot days of July behind us and August packed full of festivals and gigs and more hot days the Country Dancing world is already preparing for new classes and events in 2006. The website events pages will be updated over the next few weeks and keep your eye on the newspapers and arts publications for details of what is happening in September. See you all at the Pipe Band Championship in Newcastle on Saturday - do come up and say hello.
24th January 2006	It's almost Burn's Night join us at our Ceilidh on Saturday the 28th
22nd August 2005	Post 16 students	Click here
19th May 2005	Our roving reporters report on the World Day of Dance Ceilidh and the Day School (both held in Coleraine High School) is now on-line, complete with pictures and video clip.	Report
17th May 2005	Slight change to the layout of the site homepage. Email us with your comments.	Not available
24th January 2005	Application form for a Scottish Country Dancing Workshop in Mountfield, Omagh to be held on the 12th of February 2005 is now online.	Download
22nd October 2004	Belfast Branch committee meeting.	Report
2nd October 2004	Our roving ambassador's 1st report: Summer School 2004	Report
1st September 2004	New events list for 2004 - 2005 now open.	Not available
1st September 2004	Thanks to PJ's coffee shop, Ballyclare.	Article
9th August 2004	Congratulations to the newly qualified teachers	Article
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