Lads, I suspect you might be talking about two different shags. As I've written in my earlier response:
I knew a dance called "shag" (aka Collegiate Shag, which is different from Carolina Shag).
Based on the location, background and the music mentioned, I suspect Larry is talking about the former (which is a bit more upbeat and somewhere between popular in Europe Boogie-Woogie and Charleston of 30's-40's and is usually danced to fast swing jazz music), while John is talking about the latter, which is closer to West Coast Swing (looks very much like a fast West Coast) and is danced to more pop/rock-n-roll/... -sounding music.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collegiate_shag https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTnxCBfOcNU https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_shag https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l5pczCZw04 BTW, there is also St.Louis Shag that I had not seen before, which is the closest of all shags to Charleston: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JHQSCt1Zbk If I didn't know about it being St.Louis Shag, I would've called it Charleston. Cheers, Igor John Thu, 15 Nov 2018 13:29:09 -0800 wrote: On 11/15/2018 12:44, l...@red4est.com wrote:
Nope, those aren't shaggable either. Actually, for me nothing is. I might be able to fake balboa, but I'd need at least a few minutes to learn to shag.
Wander into any bar in Myrtle Beach, SC & there's someone there who can teach you. I learned in just a few minutes as a teenager, so anyone should be able to learn the Shag.
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