Rosy Red Magic Box
There were only a few hundred thousand jukeboxes scattered around…
Society of Stranders
Nostalgia for the Shag took root in the early Seventies. Competitive…
Philosophical Shaggers
The Pad was dilapidated on the day it opened in the mid-Fifties,…
Wild Peacocks
In the late Thirties and early Forties, the Shag was performed…
Invention
In the old days, it was not cool to learn to Shag in public.…
Ode to Subtle Wildness
A timeless moon is rising above the memory of a beach town. Beyond…
Red Hot Heart
In the Land of Shag
the dance of romance
goes on.
Holding…
Say Yes
“Dancing is a vertical expression of horizontal desire,”
said…
The Birth of Beach Music
Come the summer of 2017, the Shag, the legendary dance of the…
Bermuda Shorts—1968
The best part of me lives for the rhythms of summer, in the neon…
History of the Dance
Twenty-three years ago, I wrote a book called SHAG, THE LEGENDARY…
Pure Spirit
I fell in love with Betsy in Jacksonville, Florida, while she…