LHSC* NEWSLETTER ‘MAY EDITION’ 1st Annual LHSC 5/2016 Derby *Celebrating our 29th Year Est. 3 / 87 Party © BOOGIE BUSINESS ‘Best Little Shag Club ‘This is not the news you would like to read, this is the news you need to read!’© in the Valley!’ INSIDE THIS ISSUE: What is Shag Music cont’d 2 May Birthdays 2 April New Members 2 Derby is 1st Sat. in May What is shag music cont’d 3 3 President’s Starting Gate Apr. Tea Party Pics 4 Just heard from the horse’s mouth, this will be the social event of the year, our 1st Annual Derby Party...gents in their fine attire & ladies in Club/SOS/Area Info 4 their sun dresses & fancy hats (dress up optional of course). It will be A Proud race time soon so get your wager in on who will win cash prizes as the Member Of The: best ‘DERBY’ dressed Gent & Lady at our party. There’s a betting chance you will have an awesome time at this FREE event for mem- bers. It’s post time, so jockey for your position table & … BE THERE! Through the National FastDance Association, our club Jim ‘Gate-tripper’ Mauldin dance activities are licensed by: Equus caballus POTLHSC / Chief Stall Custodian Humor? CLUB OFFICERS The BLUES Blog© Jim Mauldin—President 828.855.7257 Who’s in your paddock…. (Jim & Judy Mauldin) Chip Smith—V. President What are the ‘styles’ of Shag Music? 828.308.9587 Valley! Kim & Tuckie Darby Ann Sigmon—Treasurer Article by….stBetty little Shag ClubB's in theNote: Valley! 828.514.7765 Robbin Osborne—Secretary Shag music covers a broad spectrum of formats. Even Shaggers don't agree on the best songs or styles of music. I had hoped to include a variety of audio sounds 828.312.3158 here to let you actually hear some of the various types of music. However, my server Will Sloan—Sgt-at-Arms informed me that I've overloaded . sooooooo . I'll just have to list the a few songs 828.261.6066 that you might recognize. Board Members You may be familiar with either the artist or the song . perhaps by another artist. Shake, Rattle, & Roll, as example, has appeared on the Shag circuit by Lowell Fulson, CB Wolfe 704.740.7068 Bill Haley, Billy Swan, Joe Turner, Jackie Wilson, and Huey Lewis & The News!!! It Jock Stetz 828.302.3113 seems when a great song comes out . it stays around a long time! Kellie Robbins 828.4468367 How many versions of these Rhythm & Beach Top 40 Mike Honeycutt 828.312.3167 song have you heard??? Past President Pic: Secretariat winning the Derby! Jim Mauldin (Cont’d on pg 2) BBN v. 2.75 LHSC 5/2016 B OOGIE B USINESS© P AGE 2 Betty B's Note: (cont’d) The following play list samplers is just that! The songs and artists that are included in no way shape or form rep- resent ALL of the songs. AND, some songs may, in your humble opinion, be more suitable under a different for- mat. But, this is only a SAMPLER -- it's not written in stone -- just the net!!! Now...The Play List Samplers Editorial: In the late 50s, early 60s I listened to WLAC radio station in Nashville, a blues station. I could only get it late at night in Hickory when they boosted their signal. I had to listen quietly in my room as this was not the main stream music you were suppose to listen to. Some of the songs were on the Juke Boxes at the O.D. Pavilion & Pad. You could only listen to the that type of music in certain venues at that time. We would go to the music store in downtown Hickory on Saturdays. They had enclosed music booths so you could play the 45s and not bother the other customers. Sometimes we would pile 5 or 6 of us in the booth (very crowded). When we heard a special dance song on WLAC we would try to find and play it in the booth and sometimes buy it for our 45 collection at home. My point is each of us have reference points that may determine the type of music we like. So no one is right or wrong in what they enjoy. The important thing is what style or styles makes you want to dance to it. Most of us like a mixture and that is OK too! (I’ve included a little history of WLAC on Page 3.) Cont’d on Pg 3 **May* Birthday(s)** **April New Member(s)** 5/02 Jack Wysong 5/21 C.B. Wolfe Bill McCurry WELCOME! 5/09 Joan Powel 5/22 Jean Lande Rick & Tammy Jones 5/12 Tom McNair 5/24 Ann Sigmon 5/13 Linda Barr * May B-Ds who attend May 5/13 Nina Waters Party will get a ‘Get-in-Free’ 5/18 Joyce Kincaid card to be used at another party due to May being 5/20 Bernie Arcebal FREE for all members. Note: Birthday Babies get in FREE! 3/2016 - 2/2017 YTD Membership: 83 LHSC 5/2016 B OOGIE B USINESS© P AGE 3 WLAC History (Reprint from internet): The nighttime R & B years…... In the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, WLAC was legendary for its quartet of nighttime rhythm and blues shows hosted by Gene Nobles, "John R." (John Richbourg), Herman Grizzard, and Bill "Hossman" (or simply "Hoss") Allen. Thanks to the station's clear channel designation, the signal reached most of the Eastern and Midwestern United States. WLAC described itself as the nighttime station for half the nation with African- American listeners, especially in the Deep South as the intended audience of the programs. Further, several foreign countries, particularly islands in the Caribbean and southern Canada, were within range of the station's nighttime signal. WLAC was also popular with some young white teenagers. Radio historians believe that the nightly "Rhythm and blues" WLAC shows, in part, laid the foundational audience for the rock and roll phenomenon that began in the late 1950s. Note: June issue features articles about one of the ‘BAD’ boys of shag next month and he’s seen dancing with one of our club members. One of the bad boys of Shag ^ Club Member News Special congratulations: Debbie Fowler and Mike Honeycutt were married at the Spring SOS. Also, Debbie will be inducted into the Charlotte Shaggers Hall of Fame at a special event in November. Members Appreciation Dance reminder…. NO COVER CHARGE for members at our WOW! May Derby Party this month. (This is in place of our Dinner we had to postpone due to weather,) $25 cash prize to each of the ‘Best Kentucky Derby Outfits’ (Gent & Lady) at our May party. Both members & guests are eligible. Plus a ‘Pick the Winner’ contest. Details to follow. 96 attended our ‘April Tea Party’ including a number of invited Junior Shag guests from the Jr. Cyclone Party. FLASH... ...your re-up membership is due to the ‘Best Little Shag Club in The Valley’. Don’t let this be your ‘last issue’ of * ya long -eared galoot! B OOGIE B USINESS© Yosemite Jimite *the only publication sanctioned by the 'POTLHSC' ‘Ur Membership Bounty Hunter’ Visit our website for all the pics! LHSC 5/2016 B OOGIE B USINESS© Party Pics P AGE 4 . Lake Hickory Shag Club POB 1271 Hickory, NC 28603-1271 Kay Member Winner Phone: 828.514.7765 Kenny Email 1/2&1/2 Winner [email protected] We’re on the WEB Bill Guest lakehickoryshagclub.com Winner Also like us on Facebook Tim Ref Ck LHSC Party Winner Schedule We don’t horse Dates DJ around at our parties! 5/7 Fast Eddie Important Shag Dates: 6/4 Daddy George To view SOS live: For all Shag Clubs’ Google—OD events visit: 7/9 Frank Price Pavilion Webcam www.shagtours.com 8/6 Billy Waldrep 2016 Local Area Happenings TIME: 7:00pm—11:00pm July July 8-10 Fri. May 6,13,20,27 @ Finish Line Lounge LHSC Summer Workshop Shag Twister’s S.C. Party location: Mooresville Lessons VFW Post 1957 July 12-17 Junior SOS 1615 12th St Dr NW Sat. May 14th Sat. May 7th: Hickory, NC 28601 September @ Elks Lodge 828-328-8281 Lake Hickory S.C. September 16-25 Sandy Beach S.C. Hickory Fall Migration Morganton *For Class Sign-up* REGISTER AT: 2017 January Fri. May 20th TBA @ H.I. Express January 13-15 Mid-Winter Break Brushy Mtn S.C. When: Wednesdays N. Wilkesboro Beginners: 6:30pm What’s in your mint julep cup? Intermediate: 7:30pm Sat. May 21st Next month’s party theme: Where: VFW—Hickory @ VFW ‘Back to the Instructors: TBA Statesville S.C. Statesville 50s at O.D.!’ .