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 ...

Shag dancing is the official dance of North Carolina, and beach music was born in the Carolinas. Now shag has earned a coveted spot on the back of dancers' cars. Randal Hight, or "Mr. Beach", prefers ...

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 ...

Dancers take to the floor at OD Pavilion for the 2017 SOS Spring Safari. The Society of Stranders (S.O.S.) Spring Safari kicked off on Saturday, April 22 with Shag dancing at clubs in North Myrtle ...

Photo by Jeffrey Saulton Frank and Susan Shreeve, of Buckhannon, were among those at the Mid-Ohio Valley Shag Dance Club dance in Belpre on Saturday. BELPRE — Although it is said to have originated in ...

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 ...