Record #:

8860

Author(s):

Pittard, Janet C.

Abstract:

Born and bred in the Carolinas, the shag has been the official popular dance of North Carolina since the 2005 Session of the General Assembly passed legislation to make it so. Pittard discusses the history of the dance which reportedly has been around since the 1920s. Both North Carolina and South Carolina share the dance and the music it helped bring about. Each state had its own bands, clubs, contests, national shag champions, and disc jockeys who helped spread the dance.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 74 Issue 12, May 2007, p94-96, 98, 100-101, il, por

Subject(s):

Shag (Dance)