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 ...

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When people think about dancing at weddings or other similar events, the word shag comes up a lot, said Verna Jordan, owner of Ballroom DanceSport in Wilmington. “Also, people call and ask for shag ...

Shag can be used as both a noun and a verb to describe the popular dance that originated along the strands between Carolina Beach and Myrtle Beach, S.C., in the 1940s and '50s. For hundreds of area ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shaggers and beach lovers can have a break from the winter weather thanks to the annual East Coast Shag Classic as it returns to ...

“Once the bug bites ya..,” June Arthurs says of shag’s no-cure infectiousness. Arthurs is co-instructor of shag lessons at both Shorty’s and its sister club in Pittsboro, Scoreboard Grill. She ...

It started close to home, long ago - a dance craze that mixed the flair of swing with the funk of chamber pop dedicated to the beach crowd. Although it's been close to 100 years since the Carolina ...

DAVIDSON COUNTY, N.C. – When Mickey and Penny Hull have some free time alone they hit the dance floor. “Oh my. It is the dance that I just love,” said Penny, who doesn’t do just any dance. She shags. ...