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Shag Rag July 2013 A Proud Member of: Shag Rag July 2013 Vol. XIX, No. 7 Dedicated to the Preservation of the Carolina Shag and Beach Music PRESIDENT’S CORNER by Dave Bushey July! It’s here! The biggest Party of the Year! We’re talking about The Capital Classic! It’s an All-Weekend celebration of Beach Music, the Shag AND The Northern Virginia Shag Club. Put July 26-28 on your calendar. Come out and watch the Sam West, the 2013 National Shag Champion, and his wife Lisa demonstrate how we WISH we could dance. And then, watch our special guests, Shag Team Two Juniors, dance! Even Sam and Lisa are amazed at what THEY can do! And that’s not all! There will be Swing stars and Hand Dance stars and Line dance stars … and … and … workshops from all. And Free Pours (drinks) and Silent Auctions and Barrels of Booze, and did I say there were Free Pours?? Too much liquor? Well, stay at the Hilton Garden Inn. Classic Coordinator Angie Bushey has arranged for some 1990’s-style room rates. How about $69 per night!! With rates like that, why drive home?? And it’s a Reunion, too. This is our 20th year, so we’re celebrating. There will be hundreds of pictures – evidence of the shenanigans of Days Gone By. Come visit with the Founders of our Club! And even the DJ’s are reuniting! Jim Rose and Jerry Scott are returning to their favorite club and Dennis Gehley and Craig Jennings are joining them to take us down Memory Lane with all of our favorite Beach Music. Tickets are limited and are going fast. So, get your tickets through www.nvshag.org or come to our weekly dance at The Elk’s. People are coming in from all over the nation! (Like my hyperbole yet??) And speaking of which, have you noticed the big crowds we’re getting on Wednesdays? Amazing! We’re setting records every week! Come out and join the fun. Our friends in Fredericksburg, The Battlefield Boogie Club, are having a BIG party in August. Stay tuned for details. And, because we had such a good time at The Fairfax Hunt Club in May, we’re doing it again! So, put Sunday, August 25 on your calendar for a real North Carolina-style PIG ROAST at The Hunt! We’re gonna be pulling pig right off the bone. Now, that’s what I call Finger-Licking Good! Oh, and there will be some dancing on the best floor in Northern Virginia, too! What’s Inside When & Where to Dance 2 New Members 4 Classic DJ Bios 7 Wolf Trap Outing 12 Lessons and DJs 2 Recipe 4 Classic Reg. Form 8 Humor 12 Top 25 Hits 2 Capital Classic Info 4-8 Shaggin on the Seas Flier 9 Carolina Bch. Music Academy 12 How I discovered NVSC 3 Classic Instructor Bios 6 News & Announcements 10 Board & Committees 13 Birthdays 3 Program Ads 6 Junior SOS Info 10-11 Borrowing Shag Videos 13 Through the National FastDance Association, our club dance activities are licensed by: Northern Virginia Shag Club Page 1 Shag Rag July 2013 Where and When to Dance (and Listen) Every Wednesday, 6:30 – 10:30 p.m. at the Elks Lodge, 8421 Arlington Blvd., Fairfax, VA (on route 50 near Prosperity Avenue). Cover charge: $4.00; free lessons start at 7:30 p.m., not partners needed. Buffet dinner 6:45 – 8:00 p.m. The Capital Classic, July 26 – 28, at the Hilton Garden Inn, 3950 Fair Ridge Drive, in the Fair Lakes area of Fairfax County. July 7 and 21 at JW & Friends, 6531 Backlick Road, Springfield, VA 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. July 20, The Ultimate Doo Wop Show at Wolf Trap, 8:00 p.m. Every Thursday at Shannon’s Bar & Grille (Fredricksburg); Battlefield Boogie Club (www.battlefieldboogieclub.com) JULY DANCE LESSONS AT THE ELKS ON WEDNESDAYS 8421 Arlington Blvd, Fairfax, VA Beginner Level Shag Steps Intermediate Level Shag Steps July 3 – Basic and Female Turn July 3 – Crossover Basic (from Male and Female Turn) July 10 – Basic and Start July 10 – Behind Sailor and Side Pass July 17 – Basic and Male Turn July 17 – Applejack July 24 – Basic, Half Turn and Triple Basic July 24 – Stutter Basic and Kick Basic July 31 – Special Fifth Wednesday Beginner Review Class July 31 – Special Fifth Wednesday Sam and Lisa Review REMINDER: Beginner lessons are FREE to non-members, DJ Schedule for July but membership is required for the Intermediate class. July 3 Craig Jennings Lessons begin at 7:30 p.m. July 10 TBA July 17 Dennis Gehley Open dancing from 6:30 until 10:00 p.m. July 24 TBA Please remember to ask Red Dot beginner dancers to dance. July 31 TBA It takes lots of practice to become a better dancer! Other ACSC Virginia Shag Clubs Top Ten All Time DJ Battlefield Boogie Club (www.battlefieldboogieclub.com), Picks Thursdays @ Shannon’s Bar & Grille (Fredricksburg) By Rommie Tyndall (Plays Boogie On The Bay Shag Club (www.boogieonthebay.com), for Triad Area Shag Club) Sundays @ Big Woody’s, (Chesapeake) 6 – 11 w/ DJ Don Ruth Colonial Shag Club (www.colonialshagclub.com), Saturdays @ Amy’s Dance Studio, 7 – 10 w/ DJ’s Greg Howell, Jerry Hardy, Cindy Black, David Miller (Newport News) 1. The Amateur (She's Gone) - Anson Funderburgh & Danville Shag Club (www.danvilleshagclub.com), Every Friday @ the Rockets Highlander Restaurant Lodge & Pub 2. Bring the Money Home - The Orioles Lynchburg Shag Club (www.lynchburgshags.com), Fridays (1st & 3. Ain't No Woman - Stan Mosley 3rd) @ Phase 2 4. Wear Your Black Dress - Willie Egan Richmond Shag Club (www.richmondshag.homestead.com), 5. One Slick Woman - Chick Willis Tuesdays/Thursdays @ Visions Club. Holiday Inn Select – 6. Baby What You Want Me To Do - Etta James Koger South 7. Come Get To This - Marvin Gaye Roanoke Valley Shag Club (www.rvsc.memberlodge.com), 8. Just Like A Fish - Joe Beard Tuesdays @ Billy’s Barn, 6 -10 w/ DJ Jerry English 9. My Baby's Been Gone - Snooky Pryor Virginia Beach Shag Club (www.vbshagclub.com), Wednesdays, 10. Hold Back The Night - The Tramps 6:30 – 10:30 @ Upper Deck Northern Virginia Shag Club Page 2 Shag Rag July 2013 How I Discovered NVSC… July Birthdays Mike Polites and Peggy Bree grew up in Last fall, their good friends, Mo and the 50’s listening to R&B music on the Pat, suggested they come to the Elks on Lester Dumont 7/1 radio: Mike in St. Louis and Peggy in Wednesdays to shag. After their first Kay Worley 7/2 Baltimore. Around 1980, Mike became visit, they were hooked and came Sandra Ferony 7/3 interested in ballroom dancing and took regularly. In December 2013, they Andrew (Drew) Griffin 7/8 lessons; his favorite dance was the took a week’s vacation in Myrtle Dale Hern 7/8 jitterbug. His introduction to shag dancing Beach, the birthplace of shag. They Larry Boyer 7/10 was in Tuscaloosa, AL, where he taught liked to dance at Fat Harold’s and Betty Robey 7/14 aerospace engineering at The University of Ducks and enjoyed the ocean and beach Patricia Cote 7/15 Alabama. He joined the local shag group so much that Mike bought a condo at Jean Whitman 7/15 that was called the T-Town Shaggers. the Beach Cove Resort while they were Paul Young 7/17 After he moved to Reston, VA in 2004 to there. This April, they returned to Mary Camp 7/18 teach at the University of Maryland and Myrtle Beach for the spring SOS and Sheila Gant 7/22 work for the Orbital Sciences Corporation had a blast. Jerry Crews 7/26 in Sterling, VA, Sharon Geyer invited him Why do they like to shag so much? Jenni Sammis 7/26 to join the NVSC at Rene’s. Several years Shag complements their jitter-bug Peggy Bree 7/28 later, Mike and Peggy met and began dancing. They like to jitterbug to fast Jo Mozingo 7/28 ballroom dancing together. Peggy lived in songs and shag to slower ones. They Vesta Denning 7/29 Annapolis at the time. She took an early also love the R&B music that they hear Vaughn Royal 7/29 retirement after starting a successful when they shag; it is the music they Gary Salpini 7/29 computer training company. Before that, grew up with. Why do they like the Juanita Freeberger 7/30 she held key senior management positions NVSC and coming to the Wednesday at Gould Electronics and Digital lessons and dances at the Elks? are very good. There is a lot of Equipment Corporation. There are a lot of reasons. The price of room to dance. Most important, the admission is reasonable. The dinners people who come on Wednesdays served by the Elks are well prepared are great. It is predominantly an and fairly priced. Dinner at the Elks is a over 50’s group with a number of nice way to start the evening. The shag baby boomers; Mike and Peggy fit instructors are excellent and the lessons in well. Advertise Your Business in the Shag Rag! CONTACT Dave Bushey at [email protected] for details. Northern Virginia Shag Club Page 3 Shag Rag July 2013 Welcome to our New Members Audrey Anderson Chuck Duymich Eddie Gooden Ann Koren David Modlin Callie Norton Nora Ryan John Tate Sherri Wildoner Recipe Fagioli Verdi Di Nonna (Nonna’s Green Beans) From Donna Romito Ingredients 1 ½ pounds fresh green beans* 1 tablespoon chopped onion 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1 tablespoon vinegar 1/8 teaspoon pepper Salt to taste * 2 packages (9oz.