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According to Swiger, there are three basic steps, but "the shag has thousands of steps" for the well-versed dancer. At times it resembled a cross between a square dance and a swing dance.

State 125 In South Carolina, we love to dance The Shag By Dwaun Sellers [email protected] Updated February 6, 2016 11:00 AM The Shag Picasa Provided photo ...

However it started, shag dancing is still going strong. “We give free lessons and encourage people to come out and dance,” said Phil Turner, Causeway Shag Club president and teacher, “and ...

If someone can learn the basic shag, they can dance with anybody," said RVSC president Norman Smith. The RVSC originally got on the dance floor in 1989.

Gone are the days when the ladies "held" their basic six-step and the males peacocked around them on the dance floor. Today, when couples Shag, everybody's hotdogging to the six-beat steps that ...

Good friends made at other shag dance events have brought the couple to the area at least 10 times over the years. “Tim Miller helped us out a bunch with the music,” Don said.

The Carolina Shag is a spin-off of the Lindy Hop, described Callahan, “it started on the beaches in the ’50s, and it is a refined dance similar to the Jitterbug, but movements are from the ...

The dance was featured in the 1989 film, “Shag,” about four teenage girlfriends who have an adventure in Myrtle Beach in 1963. The movie became a favorite of fans of the dance.

About 30 beginners learned the basic moves of the shag dance from Ellie Merola and John Holstein, members of the Hilton Head Island Carolina Shag Club. The club will be holding a series of six ...

Shag dancing is fun for the coaches as well as they shared what it means to them. For Stewart, she said it was the friendships, telling that her shag dance friends are like family.