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In the News (Fri 10 Jul 09)

  
  beach music shag dance dancing history / rhythm 'n beach radio network / best in beach music / roadhouse blues and ...
This is the oldest site on the web for news, charts, and free Webcasts for Beach Music from the Edge of Paradise with Fessa John Hook (for those of you from the WBT and Beach 106 days; it was Dr. Hook at that time, but hey, I'm evolving too!).
To provide the largest network of Beach Music and Shag aficianados in the world with the history, past and present, of the music you love.
To many it is a form of Swing Music, Rhythm and Blues, Soul music, Motown oldies, Southern Soul, Carolina Beach Music, and dances including the Bop, the Basic, the Beach Bop, Shagging, the PC Bop, Fas Dancin, Shag, Soul Dancing, Shaggin or simply Diggin’ in the Sand.
www.beachshag.com   (971 words)

  
  Shag Rugs - Shag Area Rugs - from Natural Area Rugs
Natural Area Rug's shag rugs add a touch of style and luxury to any interior setting, whether you’re looking for a retro look or a warm, cozy area rug in front of your fireplace.
For a warm, soft feeling under foot, select a shag rug with a pile of over 2 inches.
Consider a shag area rug to add a touch of luxury and comfort to your room.
www.naturalarearugs.com /shag-rugs.php   (283 words)

  
  Shag - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shag is the name for some birds of the cormorant family like the Common Shag.
Collegiate shag is a swing dance from the 1920s that was popular among college students at the time.
Carolina shag is an unrelated swing dance that began in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, in the 1940s and is often associated with beach music.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shag   (328 words)

  
 Machine Builders Syndicate
Shag was arrested on first degree battery, and aggravated assault on August 15, 2001 for which the charges were later mysteriously dropped.
Shag was last seen working in his workshop AKA "The Cooler" which is located in his garage, and is wanted for the manufacture and distribution of high quality one of a kind tattoo machines and artwork, and on charges of orchestrating the organization of one of the biggest groups of international tattoo criminals.
Shag is noted for having a love of firearms for which he has tactical training, and having a short, violent temper.
machinesyndicate.com /suspects_bio.php?id=1   (329 words)

  
 La Luz de Jesus Presents Shag
Josh Agle, better known as Shag, is a painter with a particular taste for exotica, early sixties guitar instrumentals, and vintage movie and television themes.
Shag's work is always characterized by a level of craftsmanship and cleanliness uncommon in most visual art today, heavily influenced by graphic designer Saul Bass and cartoonist Gene Deitch.
The last Shag show with us was an unprecedented sell out and we expect nothing less for his show here this January.
www.laluzdejesus.com /shows/previousshows/1999shows/shag991.htm   (200 words)

  
 Shag Dance Art Ocean Drive, SC http://members.tripod.com/shag5/
Our Mission.....is to record and preserve in art form the shag club lounges of the past and present, and to honor the shag club lounge owners that have had the courage and commitment for shagging to take a risk, and open their hearts and lounges.
Shag club lounges provide a place for each of us to dance, for instructors to teach and promote the growth of shagging, and to form new friendships as well as renew old ones.
It is sad to see a shag club lounge close because it is a part of the history of shagging and the fun and good times that can only be recorded in the memories of the shaggers who were there.
members.tripod.com /shag5   (370 words)

  
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The Shag Harbour UFO crash/retrieval may well prove to be the most important UFO case ever to come out of Canada.
Shag Harbour has a paper trail a mile wide, from various government and military agencies, as well as film of the actual retrieval operation which was shown right across the country on the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) evening news.
Thus, interest in the Shag Harbour case withered away, and the case remained dormant until the spring of 1993.
www.geocities.com /Area51/Cavern/5309/shag.html   (2356 words)

  
 Shag
The history of Shag is one of the most clouded in the world of dance.
The Shag’s name is as best we can currently surmise based off a slang term used during the Vaudeville era Shagger used to denote a performer.
Arthur taught a toned down version for his older clientele which he called the “Collegiate Shag.” “Collegiate” dances were popping out of the woodwork at the time, so the name was just a marketing tool as usual to stir up business.
mysite.verizon.net /res8mh3o/html/shag.html   (645 words)

  
 SHAG Product Information   (Site not responding. Last check: )
SHAG, (a name which comes from the last two letters of his first name and the first two letters of his last name, Josh Agle), is a product of the sprawling suburbs of Los Angeles, California.
Shag is intrigued with the slick commercial art and advertising of the late '50s and '60s and he strives for a tight, clean and well-crafted appearance to his work.
Shag is currently completing work for solo shows in Los Angeles, Oslo and Tokyo.
www.register123.com /event/profile/web/index.cfm?PKwebID=0x208823ae9   (153 words)

  
 Shag - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Shags are goose-sized dark long-necked birds similar to cormorants but smaller and generally slimmer with a characteristic steep forehead.
In the UK they breed on coastal sites, mainly in the north and west, and over half their population is found at fewer than 10 sites, making them an Amber List species.
Shags usually stay within 100-200km of their breeding grounds.
www.rspb.org.uk /birds/guide/s/shag/index.asp   (228 words)

  
 StreetSwing's Dance History Archives - Carolina Shag Dance Page - Main1
The earliest mention of the Carolina Shag I have found, with the actual words "Carolina Shag or it's description" of the dance is 1938.
The Shag is done primarily in the Southern States such as Florida, the Carolina's, Virginia, Georgia, etc. and has a very smooth, connected feel with your partner and the music.
The best style would depend on what type of music you are dancing to at the time, Geographics, the theme of the dance being held, geographics, the speed in which the music is played and the dance knowledge of you and or your partner.
www.streetswing.com /histmain/z3shagca.htm   (811 words)

  
 The Independent: Music: Rock & Roll Quarterly: The infinite shag
Carolina Shag is not to be confused with its West Coast approximation.
The shag started in North Myrtle Beach, S.C., in the late '40s, when race records--essentially, fl RandB and swing--were first being played on the radio to the delight of white teenagers and the bewilderment of their parents.
Shag supporters, band members and radio jocks are a do-it-yourself set, much like the punks on the other side of the spectrum, creating record covers on the fly, booking gigs, and getting people to show up by simply spreading the word, all outside the realm of viral marketing or MP3 blogging.
www.indyweek.com /gyrobase/Content?oid=oid:34750   (3780 words)

  
 The Mavens' Word of the Day
Shag is said to have been common in the speech of British soldiers in World War One, where it may have been further exposed to Americans.
Shag has some standard derived forms--as a noun meaning 'an act of copulation' or 'a person considered as a sexual partner', and the like--and is also used in various phrases corresponding to other sexual verbs (shag off, shag you, etc.).
There is an earlier verb shag meaning 'to shake; waggle', which fits perfectly semantically (compare frig, which originally meant 'to move back and forth' and then developed senses like 'to masturbate', 'to copulate', etc.), but this word was apparently never very common and no examples are known after the sixteenth century.
www.randomhouse.com /wotd/index.pperl?date=19990107   (338 words)

  
 Shag History
The answer is broad and complex--the Shag is just the tip of an iceberg of multi-cultural history lost in the fog of time.
The alleged 'Northern' Shag was not a northern Shag, it was invented in North Carolina.
Although the Shag and Swing are cousins--(Shag is clearly a 'swing' dance)--it preceded the Swing by decades.
www.beachshag.com /ImagesSoundsResources/ShagHistory.html   (288 words)

  
 Shag, Phalacrocorax aristotelis
Although the majority of shags, unlike many cormorants, do not normally wander far in winter from their breeding haunts, a small number make prolonged stays on the Norfolk coast.
It is perhaps surprising that the reach of river close to the old Technical College in Norwich should have attracted immature shags during at least four winters.
At the same time four shags (among a flock of 40) were discovered inside the giant cooling towers of Bedford Power Station.
www.birdsofbritain.co.uk /bird-guide/shag.htm   (437 words)

  
 Common Shag - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Among those differences are that a shag has a lighter, narrower beak; and the juvenile shag has darker underparts.
The Shag is one of the deepest divers among the cormorant family.
The name shag is also used in the Southern Hemisphere for several additional species of cormorants.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Common_Shag   (562 words)

  
 Swing Dance Scotland   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Shag is a swing dance dating from the early 1930s.
There are various types of Shag, including Collegiate Shag (early 1930s) and Carolina Shag (late 1940s), which have developed their own way to such an extent that it is at first site strange that they shoudl share the same name.
Collegiate Shag, danced in Universities at places such as Princeton around the time that the Lindy Hop was being danced in Harlem, is based on a very close hold (which opens out occasionally), and it is therefore a very compact dance, making it particularly suitable for crowded dance floors.
golgi.ana.ed.ac.uk /swing/shagpage.html   (329 words)

  
 State Dance-Shag-www.scstatehouse.net - LPITS   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The General Assembly by Act No. 329, 1984, designated the Shag as the official dance of the State.
The Shag, one of the great developments of terpsichorean culture and native to this State, is performed to music known as rhythm and blues.
Both the music and dance are structured on time signature and can be performed to almost any tempo, as long as the basic step is maintained and kept in time to the music.
www.scstatehouse.net /studentpage/shag.htm   (75 words)

  
 StreetSwing's Dance History Archives - Collegiate Shag Dance Page - Main1
) The Shag was popular in the late 1920's and supposedly predates the Lindy Hop with the collage students.
Virginia Beach was a hot spot for the shag as some eastern cities banned the dance.
The Saint Louis Shag is more of a speed dominated/ competition shag, which is different than the Collegiate, Carolina and Murray Shags.
www.streetswing.com /histmain/z3shagco.htm   (386 words)

  
 Shag carpet :: shag rugs :: Shag carpeting
Shag carpet is back and bigger than ever.
Plush and cozy shag carpet can be used in any room of the house, from the bedroom to the library.
Available in a fabulous collection of designer colours and some even highlighted with strands of metallic yarn, shag carpet can also be used as a wall-to-wall treatment or custom cut into interesting area rug pieces.
www.dominionrug.com /Shag   (124 words)

  
 CD Baby: CHRIS BARRON: Shag
Shag is the first solo cd for the Spin Doctor's lead singer, Chris Barron.
SHAG is about as close to seeing this charming, disarming talent live as you can get in a flat, round piece of polycarbonate.
chris wrote, i think on his website, that he tried to make shag sound like he and the listener were enjoying a quiet evening together, and the listener asked chris to play a few tunes.
www.cdbaby.com /cd/chrisbarron   (1144 words)

  
 SHAG - wool blend eyelash yarn, quick knitting, great color range   (Site not responding. Last check: )
See Free patterns for scarves and hats and sweaters with Shag.
Shag knits at a wide range of gauges, 100 grams will make a fast scarf or hat.
This unusual eyelash yarn is made of a very, very fine 2 ply wool blend yarn in place of the usual filament synthetic used in most eyelash yarns.
www.straw.com /cpy/yarns/shag.html   (124 words)

  
 Urban Dictionary: shag
"Shag" is still often the preferred term among women who are very keen on "shagging", very much enjoy shagging men (and/or women) and getting shagged themselves.
Unfortunately the weather was shag on the cliffs.
Shag: British coloquialosm for sex, also was old victorian word for eating grass.
www.urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=shag&r=f   (524 words)

  
 Shag Rug - Home & Garden - Compare Prices, Reviews and Buy at NexTag - Price - Review
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Appropriate for heavy traffic areas, this cut pile nylon shag carpeting is perfect for home with children and pets.
www.nextag.com /shag-rug/search-html   (479 words)

  
 Stefan's Shag Page
I learned how to shag (the state dance of South Carolina) at a shag fest my freshman year.
This is also a shag video for sale, but I haven't seen this one either.
Here are some more shag videos that I haven't seen.
www.geocities.com /CollegePark/1202/shag.html   (497 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Shag: DVD: Phoebe Cates,Scott Coffey,Bridget Fonda,Annabeth Gish,Page Hannah,Robert Rusler,Tyrone Power ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Shag has great music, fun dialogue, famous speeches, some hot shaggin', Elvis impersonators, and great party scenes that make the movie flow really fast while a smile is on your face the entire time.
And dance!" One of the most overlooked but greatest girl-movies all time, *Shag* is a meticulously crafted period piece that takes a look back at the summer of '63 - a hallowed summer cinematically, supposedly representing an innocent America untouched by the coming traumas of the Sixties.
Nadine writes "SHAG TILL YOU GAG" on the bathroom wall with her lipstick.
www.amazon.com /Shag-Phoebe-Cates/dp/B000059TGD   (1892 words)

  
 Greater Triad Shag Club
So just what is this thing we call "Shag Music?" Personally, after several years of enjoying it after the military transferred me back to in 1986, I still can't quite pin it down.
That is, that a "Shag Song" is any one that makes people want to get on the dance floor and start shagging and enjoying themselves while doing so.
There may be some very good Shag songs that I personally don't like, but who am I to say that it shouldn't be played if there are people out there that would like to dance to it.
groups.msn.com /GreaterTriadShagClub/whatisshagmusic.msnw   (745 words)

  
 Shag - Moviefone
Rating: PG Synopsis: Shag is a beach flick set in 1963.
Shag (1989) Charming, colorful, and spirited are a few words I can apply to "Shag - The Movie." In case you're wondering, the title is referring to a style of dancing...
Shag, The Movie SHAG, THE MOVIE reviews from the nation's top critics and audiences.
movies.aol.com /movie/shag/1082418/main   (153 words)

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