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Dancing shag to Stand by Me.


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I am by no means an aficionado of dance. I was among the more challenged in getting it right in show ensemble in high school, took a ballroom dance course with Mrs. Doc in college, and used to be able to fumble my way through a foxtrot or two-step. A ballroom dance video will pop up on my YouTube feed once in awhile and I will watch it though, and that is a first for me. I had to go looking. From my brief search, it seems "shag" or "collegiate shag" is usually very uptempo. Since this was at a competition, I'm assuming it qualifies under their rules though, so I will have to peek down the rabbit hole a little and see what I can figure out.

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That was great!  I remember girls in skirts and guys wearing jeans or chinos when I was a little kid!  Shag always facinated me since I never had the rhythm or coordination to even do a simple waltz, much less something so graceful!!

 

 

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I also loved their choice of music....Time to break out my oldies collection..

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I didn’t know that was called “shag”. My Dad could do that. My Mom, not so much. 

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They called it Carolina Shag here.  Maybe because they lady who showed us was from South Carolina.  There is a late 80s movie Shag or The Shag.  A National Lampoons meets Dirty Dancing style comedy set in the early 60s to the plot of a girls trip.

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South Carolinians are born knowing how.  It's our State dance.

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It’s been around for a long time and just perfect for 60s tunes.

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23 hours ago, MizPete said:

South Carolinians are born knowing how.  It's our State dance.


A damn sight more elegant than any old Two Step!!

 

SAMOOOTH!!

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i cant dance , i cant carry a tune , i dont play the radio well , but i like watching those that can , this is impressive 

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On 2/7/2023 at 10:49 PM, Blackwater 53393 said:

A damn sight more elegant than any old Two Step!!

 

SAMOOOTH!!

That's it entirely.  We took the jitterbug, slowed it down & smoothed it out.

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