Can you guess my favorite activity? You may assume running, because I do that seven days a week and have mentioned it in numerous columns. You’re warm, but that’s not it. This involves some exercise ...

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Many years ago, the shag dance was born on the beaches of South Carolina. Quick and smooth, the dance rose in popularity among young people in the 1940s as they stepped and twirled to "beach music." ...

Thirty years ago on April 10, 1984, Gov. Richard Riley signed Act No. 329 designating the shag the official dance of South Carolina. Native South Carolinians grew up hearing their parents talk about ...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.,None — It's an official world record. The 744 people who danced the shag at the same time last fall in North Myrtle Beach have set the record for ...

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 ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - For those wanting to hit the dance floor, a local organization will be hosting an event featuring an iconic style of dance. The shag is the official state dance for South ...

EDISTO BEACH, SC (WCSC) - A one-day postponement of the start of the annual Edisto Beach Music and Shag Fest didn't stop visitors from celebrating the state dance. The festival was scheduled to begin ...

A landmark Oceanfront restaurant and dance venue that closed earlier this year is open again, and the shag dancing is back. This past spring, the Department of Taxation padlocked the doors of ...

Any self-respecting, rhythm-having South Carolinian can’t, for sure. (Though, let’s face it: Some of us just don’t have the rhythm, do we?) The mood was loose and fun – just like the state dance – as ...

Two Catawba College students will soon be shagging at the beach – North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, that is. Students Laurel Edge of Waxhaw and Johnathon Boles of Salisbury are competing Jan. 31 in ...

A North Myrtle Beach shag dance and beach music icon who was known around the country has died. Judy Collins, owner of Judy’s House of Oldies, died Saturday. She was 66. A slow song and blues lover, ...