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NORTHERN VIRGINIA SHAG CLUB ShagRMAY ag2018 Inside President’s Corner Continuing Shag BY BONNIE ARMS Education ..........4 on’t forget that Mother’s Day is Sunday, meeting at JW & Friends Classic Planning May 13. Send them a card, phone them, located at 6531 Backlick Meeting..............6 Dvisit them in person, contact them on Rd., Springfield, VA on Ziggy......................7 Facebook (FB) or all of the above. I know I will Saturday, May 19 at 12:30 Capital Classic......8 remember my Mom (Louise Logue Rigg) in my p.m. for the upcoming Shagging Events heart. 2018 Capital Classic. The Calendar ............9 Memorial Day is Monday, May 28. This is a food is good and day to remember the men and women who died reservations are not required so come on down and Need to Know... 10 while serving in our armed services. Thanks to help us plan NVSC’s biggest party of the year. If Birthdays, etc. ... 12 them for defending our country and our freedom. you are indeed coming, please contact Sue Young at This is not to be confused with Veteran’s Day which [email protected] or see her at the Elk’s celebrates the service of all U.S. military veterans. lodge on Wednesdays so that we can get a general 2018 SOS Spring Safari was such a blast. Hope headcount for JW’s management. everyone that attended the April 24 NVSC The 24th Anniversary Grand National Dance Backroom Party at Fat Harold’s had a good time Championships (GNDC) will be held May 24-28 especially the NVSC members that enjoyed one in Atlanta, GA at the Renaissance Waverly Hotel. free drink of their choice because of their NVSC NVSC member Craig Jennings will be one of the membership. NVSC members that were not able to DJs and he and Heather Jennings (also a NVSC attend the Backroom Party had a Left Behind Party member) are sponsors of the Non-Professional at the Elk’s Lodge on April 25. The attendance was Shag Division. See the GNDC website good and (again), NVSC members were able to (usagrandnationals.com/GNDC) for more enjoy one free drink of their choice because of their information. current membership. Get your hotel reservation and tickets sooner Joe Peoples, Jason and Jeanne Potter, John rather than later for NVSC’s biggest party of the and Donna Romito, Linda Trader and Joe Miante, year. The Capital Shag Classic will be held July and I represented NVSC as the Pittsburgh Steel 27-28 at the Westin Dulles Airport. Our guest City Boogie Club hosted their 20th Boogie in the instructors will be National Junior Shag Burgh April 5-8. A good time was had by all. Champions Jackson and Lizzie Batten. Their Kathy and Loren Kropat and I attended the mother is Jennifer Duke Batten and their Virginia Gentlemen’s Spring Dance and Beach grandmother is Judy Duke. Dana Grubb and Party on April 14 at the Fredericksburg Elk’s. The Butch Metcalf will spin the records for our dancing Entertainers played and the dance floor was full. pleasure as we dance on the large dance floor. The Beckley Area Shag Club (BASC) will be There will be two Free Pours, shag and line dance hosting their 24th Annual Mountain Boogie Walk workshops, heavy hors d’oeuvres on Friday May 11-12 at Hern’s Hangar in Beckley, WV. Guest night and a plated dinner on Saturday night, instructors will be Sam and Lisa West. The DJs 50/50 drawing, ELVIS will be in the building will be John Smith and Ed Timberlake. This is Friday night, and there will be special always a fun party so see the flyer here in the Shag entertainment on Saturday night. The flyer Rag or pick one up from the front desk at the Elk’s for this event is on the front desk every Lodge on Wednesday nights. Wednesday night, is on our website ATTENTION: NVSC will be having a planning (www.nvshag.org), and is in the Shag Rag. 1 ShagRag | May 2018 About Our Organization… Northern Virginia Shag Club (NVSC) was organized to preserve the Carolina Shag dance and its accompanying Beach music. NVSC dances the Carolina Shag every Wednesday night at: Elk’s Lodge, 8421 Arlington Blvd, Fairfax, VA Come join us — learn the Carolina Shag! Free beginner lessons begin at 7:30 pm. A Buffet dinner is available for purchase. Social dancing is from 6:30 to 10:00 pm. Cover charge: Members $9, Guests $10. COME JOIN US! 2018 Board Members President Bonnie Arms 703-819-9654 [email protected] Vice President Sherri Wildoner 760-212-0981 [email protected] Contact us: Secretary Linda Barna 703- 455-1090 [email protected] General Inquiries: Treasurer Mark Hendrickson 703-691-3053 [email protected] [email protected] Director at Large Pamela Alfano 202-414-9312 [email protected] Membership: Director at Large John Dent 703-440-0451 [email protected] [email protected] Director at Large Ken Gibbs 804-539-9332 [email protected] Webmaster: Director at Large Jack Jones 703-801-3555 [email protected] [email protected] Director at Large Sue Young 703-573-6870 [email protected] Hello Shagger: [email protected] 2018 Committees/Chairs Audit* Fern Seigler Capital Shag Classic Christine Werner [email protected]> Shag-A-Thon* Sherri Wildoner [email protected] Dance* Pamela Alfano [email protected] Facebook Angie Bushey [email protected] Hello Shaggers Kathy Kropat [email protected] Historian Sherri Wildoner [email protected] Membership* Bonnie Arms [email protected] Music* Fran Mong [email protected] Through the Newsletter Editor Adele Robey [email protected] National FastDance Newsletter Publisher Adele Robey [email protected] Association, our Photographer John Romito [email protected] Club activities are licensed by: Public Relations* Kathy Kropat [email protected] Jeanne Potter [email protected] Sharon Geyer Bill Meyer [email protected] Social/Hospitality* Jeanne Potter [email protected] Sunshine Maryann Lesnick [email protected] Webmaster Loren Kropat [email protected] *Denotes Standing Committee 2 ShagRag | May 2018 When and Where to Shag Every Wednesday, 6:30-10:00 pm at the May 6 at JW & Friends DJ Schedule Elks Lodge 6531 Backlick Road, Springfield, VA. 5:00-8:00 pm, 8421 Arlington Blvd., Fairfax, VA (on Route 50 no cover charge. May 2 near Prosperity Avenue). Cover charge: Non- TBD members $10.00, members $9.00; free lessons at 7:30 pm, no partners needed. Buffet dinner May 9 available, 6:45 - 8:00pm, $9.00, or order from the TBD menu. For example, Appetizers (Buffalo Wings, Quesadilla, etc.), Salads (Caesar, Chef), Burgers & May 16 Sandwiches (Bacon & Blue, Pulled Pork BBQ). TBD May 30 TBD Please check the website for updates to the DJ schedule Dance Lesson Schedule at the Elks on Wednesdays Beginner Level Shag Steps Intermediate Level Shag Steps May 2 Basic and Female Turn May 2 Crossover Basic & Applejack See more places to May 9 Basic and Start May 9 Behind Sailor & Side Pass dance with other May 16 Basic and Male Turn May 16 Stutter Basic, Kick Basic ACSC Virginia Shag Clubs, listed on May 23 Basic, Half Turn, Triple Basic May 23 Side-to-Side Basic & Front Walk-up page 12. May 30 TBD May 30 Total Review with Emphasis on Technique Beginner lessons are FREE to non-members, but membership is required for the Intermediate class. Membership is $25/year. Lessons begin at 7:30 pm. Social dancing before and after lessons to 10:00 pm. Please remember to ask Red Dot beginner dancers to dance. It takes lots of practice to become a better dancer! 3 ShagRag | May 2018 Continuing Shag Education Course (non credit!) f you are new to shag (or maybe just on the propelled The young side) you might not have heard of the Tams into ITams or had the pleasure of seeing them in professional concert and dancing to their music. I was fortunate status and to see them a few times at the beach, mostly in clubs national or venues that no longer exist. So I thought it would popularity. They be fun to continue our (my) shag education by were soon looking at some of the folks behind the music we playing to sold dance to. The Tams are front and center in that out group. auditoriums The band formed in 1960, performing in local from The Howard taverns and nightclubs for wages of $1.25 each. The Theater in Washington, DC to the famed considered this like money from heaven. Apollo Theater in New York City. Imagine—getting paid to sing. Paydays in these Hey Girl Don’t Bother Me was also a US hit in early days only provided enough money to buy 1964. The Tams had one further major US hit (in matching multicolored Tam O’Shanter hats they 1968) when Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy, peaked wore on stage (I’m not sure many folks even know at #26 on the US R&B chart, and subsequently what those hats are called.) The hats inspired local made the UK Top 40 in 1970. And it basically patrons of the nightspots to nickname them The became the official Shag theme song. Their 1965 Tams, a name that would eventually be known recording I’ve Been Hurt was their around the world. biggest regional hit (based on sales In 1962, producer Bill Lowery agreed and airplay) prior to 1980. to cut one demo single on the group and The group reached the from that they had a hit single on Arlen number one slot in the UK Records.