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 ...

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 ...

The Summerville Shag Club has offered free shag dance lessons to the community for 17 years. The shag is South Carolina’s state dance, and the club began when couple Deb and Lee Hoff, who traveled to ...

LANDIS — The rhythm and blues sound of “Boogie Woogie King” by Jimmy Liggins was being played, and Tobitha Stewart and Nate Benfield were busy practicing their shag dance steps in preparation for a ...

Tom and Eloise McLaughlin dance together at the annual Mid-Ohio Valley Shaggers dance at the Belpre Shrine Club on Saturday. The couple met at the club 13 years ago, then started dating, fell in love ...

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HEMINGWAY — John J. "Bubber" Snow III dedicated his life to music, dance and South Carolina. He smiled with James Brown, wrote about music for local publications, grooved in the bygone dance clubs of ...