Tag: Society of Stranders
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Hard-Core Cadre
SOS is in full swing in Myrtle Beach. The faithful and hardcore come together to dance. The crowds pack a six-block area of North Myrtle Beach. The Shag joints are […]
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Society of Stranders
What does a shag dancer need to stay healthy? Beach fever, the infection that cures the disease of loneliness. At the SOS Fall Migration in September, everybody got what they […]
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72 Summers in the Land of Shag
Come the summer of 2015, the Shag, the legendary dance of the South, will celebrate it’s 72nd anniversary of conception. It came to pass in June of 1943 that Race […]
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Cure For Lazy Legs
In The Land of Shag the night is young forever. Along the coast of the Carolinas, shag dancing is nightlife for an increasing number of Baby Boomers who refuse to […]
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May I have This Dance?
If you’re in love, love to dance, or you’re alone, looking for a partner; if fifty years ago, you married your high school sweetheart and haven’t danced since senior prom. […]
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The Wonder of the Crush
I love showing people something good they haven’t seen before. It’s an unsung pleasure of life introducing a new experience. In the bargain, as a veteran, you’re given a fresh […]
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Horizontal Desire
“Dancing is a vertical expression of horizontal desire,” said Robert Frost, maybe America’s most famous poet. The first time I heard that line quoted I wondered who said it first. […]
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The Music Is All There Is
What do you get dancing the shag at SOS? Everybody gets what they came for. That was my impression. I just hoped SOS wouldn’t end before it got old. You […]