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 ...

Before I moved to South Carolina from Maine, I don’t recall hearing about Shag music. It sounded like a 1960s term. I’ve been wanting to write about the Summerville Shag Club for several months and ...

EDISTO BEACH, S.C. (WCBD) – Lace up your dancing shoes for three days of beach music and shag dancing on Edisto Beach. The Edisto Beach Music and Shag Fest promise entertainment by “top beach bands ...

Beach music and the Carolina Shag dance phenom still carry a lot of weight in North Carolina. It was evidenced when Secretary of State Elaine Marshall, an avid shag dancer, established Beach Music Day ...

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 ...

Dancers take to the floor at OD Pavilion for the 2017 SOS Spring Safari. The Society of Stranders (S.O.S.) Spring Safari kicked off on Saturday, April 22 with Shag dancing at clubs in North Myrtle ...

Columbia, S.C. | John Hook had this fascination, and there was no dancing around it. A disc jockey who had fallen under the spell of beach music - as well as the shag dance that went hand-in-hand with ...

The briny ocean breeze pours over the dance floor at O.D. Pavilion in North Myrtle Beach like so many sandy footsteps from decades past and present. Platinum-haired beauties have a sway in their step.

Every month, you can catch bluegrass jam sessions dubbed Music on the Mountain at the Table Rock Lodge at Table Rock State Park. The park sits near its namesake mountain, sprawling beautifully over ...

On the surface ”Shag” may seem like yet another movie celebrating bronzed teenagers frolicking in the sand and sun. Yet it has a few decidedly unusual things going for it: The choreography of its ...