Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 44th annual Society of Stranders (SOS) Fall Migration is here, drawing thousands of shag fans to North Myrtle Beach to dance, ...

Most people who show up at Big Woody’s Bar and Grill in Western Branch to do the Carolina Shag don’t realize how popular the dance was in Hampton Roads in the ’40s. Marsha Ruth, 72, an instructor with ...

Every other Tuesday night at Billy's Barn in Salem, you'll find the Roanoke Valley Shag Club and a dance floor full of people learning how to shag dance. "Everywhere you go up and down the east coast, ...

No, this isn’t the carpet or the haircut. Shag dancing is the state dance of South Carolina and comes from the Grand Strand. Three times a year, thousands of shaggers, as they’re called, descend on ...

BURLINGTON, N.C. — It's the basic count for the Carolina Shag; a six-step that really moves with the beat. Best with beach music, the shag is one of the areas most popular dances. So when a Burlington ...

The Rotary Club of Summerville is bringing back one of its most anticipated community traditions with the 2026 Shag Fest, set for March 21 at the Candlelight Pavilion at Summerville ...

Members of the Junior Shag Dance Team gathered May 17 at the Center Stage Dance Studio in China Grove for the final practice on their dance routine before heading to the USA Grand Nationals Dance ...

SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME: A Love Story of the Shag and the Society of Stranders. By Phil Sawyer and Tom Poland. University of South Carolina Press. 176 pages. $39.95. It was a time like no other, ...

The 44th annual Society of Stranders (SOS) Fall Migration is here, drawing thousands of shag fans to North Myrtle Beach to dance, connect with friends and celebrate shag culture. Although SOS hosts ...