Mitty’s on a Tuesday is where 16-year-olds learn the shag with 78-year-olds. Conner Beaufait is explaining how to dance the Carolina shag. “The man holds the woman’s hand with his middle and ring ...

Every other Tuesday night at Billy's Barn in Salem, you'll find the Roanoke Valley Shag Club and a dance floor full of people learning how to shag dance. "Everywhere you go up and down the east coast, ...

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolinians know it well. In fact, they teach it in our schools. The designated state dance. The Shag. "We can come toward each other as I bring her in and we can go away ...

Some say shag started with bad boys at the beach. Or that club R&B integrated with swing when 1930s teens crossed Jim Crow lines. Some say it was the sand that slowed swing steps. However it started, ...