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Shag Club offers free dance lessons

The Summerville Shag Club has offered free shag dance lessons to the community for 17 years. The shag is South Carolina’s state dance, and the club began when couple Deb and Lee Hoff, who traveled to ...
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Putting their dancing shoes on; Landis residents prepare to compete in Shaggin’ With the Stars

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 ...
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‘The time of my life’ — Dance competition incredible experience for Landis police officer

Tobitha Stewart, left, and Nate Benfield, perform their dance routine at the 18th annual Shaggin’ with the Stars in Myrtle Beach, S.C. – Submitted Landis residents Tobitha Stewart and Nate Benfield ...
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John J. 'Bubber' Snow III, former SC lawmaker who enshrined the shag as state dance, has died

HEMINGWAY — John J. "Bubber" Snow III dedicated his life to music, dance and South Carolina. He smiled with James Brown, wrote about music for local publications, grooved in the bygone dance clubs of ...