Post #323896 by Formikahini on Tue, Aug 7, 2007 6:45 PM

Hey Tiki-Atari!

I used to be a big Shag dancer and loved "beach music" (it's just Motown and has NADA to do with surf or God-forbid tiki)), but that's cuz I was going to school in Virginia (Hollins) and that was ALL that we heard/danced to at parties.
Period.
Except this one frat house that listened to The Dead, but they also were big into something else that's probably not hard to guess.

The Shag (that we danced) was simply the jitterbug with the arms moving doubletime. I knew how to jitterbug already, so I taught all the freshmen boys how to do it. They were very grateful, especialy as I could teach them all the cool twists (e.g., the pretzel) and how to dip the girl.

It's a very regional thing, and I daresay in the past? I have no idea. These were late '70's/early '80's for me. Pink and green. Talbots. Gatoring. Grain punch. Preppie coming out your ears. "Til you puked.
shudder

Is it any wonder I tranferred as a sophomore to UT in Austin and hung with the punks?

alice b