Post #323949 by Howland on Tue, Aug 7, 2007 8:35 PM

Hi T-A, welcome to TC
I live in coastal SC and have lived in SC most of my life so I'm well aware of the shag. Now I maybe putting a foot in my mouth here, but the shag to me has always been an 'old folks' thing. There was a shag club here on Folly Beach that closed down a few years back and I never saw anyone close to my age go in there.

I used to live in North Augusta, SC and there was an annual shag festival in nearby Edgefield,SC. I think it was called something like 'Uncle Tom's Cabin Beach Blast' . It would feature several of the 'big' name beach music bands that you mentioned. It was a huge party, me and my buds would just go because there was beer and girls.

We used to have (maybe still do?) a shag radio station somewhere near here in the low country. "Beach, Blues and Boogie" was/is their slogan.

I'm glad people are still into it, though. I hate to see old traditions fade away.

One thing I do know--the shaggers know how to party!