LANDIS — Tobitha Stewart took home her second national shag competition win last weekend. Stewart teamed up with Gene Pope, a retired Cary fire chief, to win the senior division at the National Shag ...

LANDIS — The rhythm and blues sound of “Boogie Woogie King” by Jimmy Liggins was being played, and Tobitha Stewart and Nate Benfield were busy practicing their shag dance steps in preparation for a ...

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) – The closing of a well-known Myrtle Beach night club is forcing a major dancing competition to relocate. Studebaker's permanently closed earlier this month. Now organizers of ...

OAK ISLAND, N.C. (WECT) - It’s one of the highlights of the annual N.C. 4th of July Festival Beach Day. The annual shag contest is set for Friday, July 1 in Oak Island. “Anyone can enter except shag ...

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 ...

Beach music and the Carolina Shag dance phenom still carry a lot of weight in North Carolina. It was evidenced when Secretary of State Elaine Marshall, an avid shag dancer, established Beach Music Day ...