Save the Last Dance for Me: A Love Story of the Shag and the Society of Stranders
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (531 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1611170885 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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SC Shagger said Excellent Book for Shag Dance Lovers. This is an excellent book which gives you the history/origins of the shag dance. Having grown up in the Carolinas and a member of many Shag clubs I found this book to be very interesting reading. While people talk about the Carolina Shag as a dance, it really is more of a philosophy and way of life that surrounds it as well. All of you have to do is attend one of the Spring Safari or Fall Migrations at North Mrytle beach to gain an appreciation of the comraderie and love of the. Wonderful Shag Book M. Stout Sawyer and Pollard wrote a winner in the history of Shag in the south. This history needs to be written befor it disappears. Buy it today.. Don Barnard said Five Stars. Very good book, well written, interesting read!
The dance quickly spread throughout the South, where it became a legend in many beach regions. The shag, the official state dance of North and South Carolina, originated in the 1930s. Save the Last Dance for Me tells the story of cultural change, including the separation and integration of races, and chronicles how rhythm and blues, Motown, and beach music evolved to create a social phenomenon that is still popular today.. With the retelling of the shag story comes the unique story of the Society of Stranders. In Save the Last Dance for Me, Phil Sawyer and Tom Poland retell the story of the legendary dance and its iconic presence at Ocean Drive, Myrtle Beach, and other South Carolina beaches. The shag's past, present, and future are described here with archival and contemporary photographs. Save the Last Dance for Me is the story of the shag and the development of the Society of Stranders, an organization devoted to the dance and its culture. The shag has become an important part of coastal culture for thousands, particularly in North Myrtle Beach, a community that has embraced the legacy of this dance. While contributing memories of shagging on Ocean Drive, Sawyer and Poland al
You are about to learn that, decades ago, a radical merger of cultures and customs created a social dance more graceful and beautiful than the sum of its partners. Save the Last Dance for Me presents an excellent history of our dance, the shag, emphasizing how it started, the people, the places, the music, the good times and the bad, and the growth and preservation. It has been attended by many tens of thousands! Tom Poland and Phil Sawyer have captured in Save the Last Dance for Me some of the joie de vivre, fun and hijinks that went into making the South's largest adult party such a roaring success!"--Gene Laughter, S.O.S. was a product of serendipity, good luck,