The Shag dance has long been a ver y popular dance to those growing up in North and South Carolina. Shag dancing began back in the early 1950's. Beach towns such as Myrtle Beach quickly became the place to go if you wanted to sneak off and go shag dancing. The shag dance is a very important part of the history of Myrtle Beach and remains a very popular dance even still today. Any time you are near North Myrtle Beach, just stop in Fat Harolds, Ducks, The O.D. ... http://www.squidoo.com/shag-dancing Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:19:06 -0600 FeedCreator 1.7.2 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:16:27 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/shag-dancing The Shag dance has long been a ver y popular dance to those growing up in North and South Carolina. Shag dancing began back in the early 1950's. Beach towns such as Myrtle Beach quickly became the place to go if you wanted to sneak off and go shag dancing. The shag dance is a very important part of the history of Myrtle Beach and remains a very popular dance even still today. Any time you are near North Myrtle Beach, just stop in Fat Harolds, Ducks, The O.D. Cafe or Dynamites - Dock Holidays. You are guaranteed to see some great shag dancers in action any night of the week. As Myrtle Beach became one of the fastest growing vacation destinations on the east coast, the shag dance spread from the coast back home with the vacationers. Now days there are over 100 different shag clubs in towns up and down the east coast. These clubs all have strong memberships of shaggers that participate in meetings, dance events and routine trips to Myrtle Beach for Fall S0S and Spring SOS. Shag Dancing is generally done to Beach Music. Some of the original Beach Music Artist include The Chairman of the Board (Carolina Grls), Otis Williams and The Charms (Two Hearts),  Big Joe Turner (Shake Rattle Roll), The LampLighters (I used to Cry Mercy Mercy), The Drifters ( Drip Drop). Several of these bands still perform all over the Carolinas. Over the years many local bands took on the Beach Music genre and became famous doing so. Bands like Band of Oz, The Fantastic Shakers, The Embers and many more. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:16:27 -0600