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 ...
SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME: A Love Story of the Shag and the Society of Stranders. By Phil Sawyer and Tom Poland. University of South Carolina Press. 176 pages. $39.95. It was a time like no other, ...
Shagging can open doors for you, young graduates. If you CAN'T shag in South Carolina, you may not get asked to the big dance. If you CAN shag, you are gonna be loved by the ladies and admired by the ...