The National Shag Dance Championships begin Jan. 28-29 at 2001 Nightclub with two nights of preliminary rounds leading to the finals March 10-12. The events next weekend include the fifth annual ...

North Myrtle Beach, S.C. Before the music started playing, Jeppy McDowell looked timid, waffling between stepping out onto the dance floor with his partner, Judy Bazemore, and staying on the sidelines ...

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 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 ...

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North Myrtle Beach, S.C. The deaths of two musicians and scores of newly reported COVID-19 cases are heightening concerns that a recent shag dancing event in North Myrtle Beach may have contributed to ...