The Official Newsletter of the Society of Brunswick Shaggers

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1 The Official Newsletter of the Society of Brunswick Shaggers 2018 PO BOX 274, Oak Island, NC Visit our website at: LIKE us on FACEBOOK at: The Beach Beat! Message from our NEW President Board Meeting Minutes 2 Happy New Year History 3 Re-Up / Join-Up information 4 SOBS Officer Election Results 5 Welcome new SOBS & Guests 6 January Birthdays 6 Club Communications 7 January DJ Bios 8 Shag Lessons 9 DRAFT Dance Schedule 10 December Dance Pictures 11 SOBS Membership Form 13 Here we go again! It seems like only yesterday I was president of the SOBS shag club (2007 & 2008). The club membership is strong and the financials are in good shape as we closed out 2017 with the Christmas party that was well attended. The food was good, the dancing was excellent, and DJ Jerry Burrage kept the dance floor full. I would be remiss if I didn t acknowledge the terrific job John Hutton has done the last two years as President of the club. His leadership has left the club in great shape. I also want to recognize Steve Smith and the great job he did as Treasurer. As we turn the page to 2018 I look forward to working with the new Board. John Hutton will remain on as the Vice President, Dennis Faver is our new Treasurer, the return of Cathy Banks as our Secretary, and Mr. Everything Joe Malinowski. We have a full slate of dances scheduled for 2018 as we kick off our first dance of the New Year on January 12 th at the OKI VFW and followed up with the return of our Sunday Series dances on January 21 st at The Lazy Turtle Bar & Grill. Our Re-Up / Join-Up dance party is scheduled for January 26 th at the OKI Moose Lodge. This is your opportunity to Re-Up your membership and to get your shagging friends to Join-Up with the SOBS! See page 4 for more information. As President, I can only hope to keep the momentum going and continue the good job that John has done. Our next board meeting is January 10 th at the VFW at 6 PM. Let us know if there are club issues that you would like to see us address. We hope to see you on the dance floor! January is the time to Re-Up / Join-Up your membership at our January 26 th Shag Dance held at the Oak Island Moose Lodge. DJ will be the legendary Fessa John Hook. See page 4 for more information! Chuck Boney, President Your 2018 Society of Brunswick Shaggers Board Members... Chuck Boney, President John Hutton, Vice President Cathy Myers, Secretary Dennis Faver, Treasurer Joe Malinowski, Newsletter & Membership

2 J a n u a r y T h e B e a c h B e a t! P a g e 2 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, December 7, PRESENT: John Hutton, Chuck Boney, Steve Smith, Cathy Myers, Dennis Faver, Joe Malinowski The meeting was called to order at 4:57 PM by John Hutton. SECRETARY S REPORT: The November Board Meeting minutes were approved as written by Joe Malinowski. Chuck moved to accept the minutes and Cathy seconded. TREASURER S REPORT: The sale of new SOS Cards continues. A check is needed for the upcoming dance DJ. The Operation Uplink donation the VFW will be made at the January VFW dance. Joe will coordinate the timing of the donation to the New Hope Clinic. OLD BUSINESS: The November Thanksgiving dance was very successful. Attendance was very high and the food provided by the club members was excellent. Some of the members who cooked the turkeys and hams donated them to the club. See Dance Schedule in newsletter for future dances. Election will be held at the December 9 th Christmas Party dance. Joe will make ballots to hand out to members at the door during registration. Joe & his wife Kathy will be working registration. Christmas toy donations will be moved at 9 AM on Monday, December 11 th. John will coordinate the pickup. Upcoming dances: DATE LOCATION DJ THEME FOOD DOOR 50/50 LESSON JANUARY NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, OD RESORT & BEACH CLUB, SOS MID-WINTER/WORKSHOP JANUARY 12 OKI VFW CLAUDE COLLINS HAPPY NEW YEAR! FINGERFOOD SHAG JANUARY 21 OKI, THE LAZY TURTLE BAR & GRILL, SOBS SUNDAY SERIES DANCE W/DJ TIM HOLLAND JANUARY 26 OKI MOOSE LODGE FESSA JOHN HOOK RE-UP / JOIN-UP BAR-BQ N/A The Sunday Series dances will continue with DJ Tim Holland on January 21 st ; DJ Chigger Woods will be on February 18 th and DJ Jerry Burrage will be on March 18 th. There will be no Sunday Series dance in April due to SOS. A May dance will be discussed. NEW BUSINESS: Gail Roberson may have another fashion show next year during a dance at the OKI Moose Lodge. Date TBD. The Re-Up / Join-Up will be handled by Joe Malinowski. Re-Up members need to only verify their membership information on a club membership listing and pay their dues. All new Join-Up members will need to complete a membership form DJ List is nearly complete. John is still working with Vic Gillispie to arrange the OD Shag Club visit to one of our dances. Ellen Wester has requested that we provide a dance demo for the Carillon Assisted Living Center. Chuck will coordinate. COMMITTEE REPORTS: Joe reports that we now have 239 members. The website is up to date, but visitor traffic is not as expected. It was decided that the website will continue with basic club information, but that more effort will be used to enhance our Facebook page. Everyone should like us on Facebook! Next meeting is Wednesday, January 10, 6 PM at the VFW. Meeting was adjourned at 5:35 PM. Cathy Myers, Secretary

3 J a n u a r y T h e B e a c h B e a t! P a g e 3 Did you know New Year's was not always celebrated on January 1 st? (History.com) Civilizations around the world have been celebrating the start of each new year for at least four millennia. Today, most New Year s festivities begin on December 31 (New Year s Eve), the last day of the Gregorian calendar, and continue into the early hours of January 1 (New Year s Day). Common traditions include attending parties, eating special New Year s foods, making resolutions for the new year and watching fireworks displays. Early New Year s Celebrations The earliest recorded festivities in honor of a new year s arrival date back some 4,000 years to ancient Babylon. For the Babylonians, the first new moon following the vernal equinox the day in late March with an equal amount of sunlight and darkness heralded the start of a new year. They marked the occasion with a massive religious festival called Akitu (derived from the Sumerian word for barley, which was cut in the spring) that involved a different ritual on each of its 11 days. In addition to the new year, Akitu celebrated the mythical victory of the Babylonian sky god Marduk over the evil sea goddess Tiamat and served an important political purpose: It was during this time that a new king was crowned or that the current ruler s divine mandate was symbolically renewed. Did You Know? In order to realign the Roman calendar with the sun, Julius Caesar had to add 90 extra days to the year 46 B.C. when he introduced his new Julian calendar. Throughout antiquity, civilizations around the world developed increasingly sophisticated calendars, typically pinning the first day of the year to an agricultural or astronomical event. In Egypt, for instance, the year began with the annual flooding of the Nile, which coincided with the rising of the star Sirius. The first day of the Chinese new year, meanwhile, occurred with the second new moon after the winter solstice. January 1 st Becomes New Year s Day The early Roman calendar consisted of 10 months and 304 days, with each new year beginning at the vernal equinox; according to tradition, it was created by Romulus, the founder of Rome, in the eighth century B.C. A later king, Numa Pompilius, is credited with adding the months of Januarius and Februarius. Over the centuries, the calendar fell out of sync with the sun, and in 46 B.C. the emperor Julius Caesar decided to solve the problem by consulting with the most prominent astronomers and mathematicians of his time. He introduced the Julian calendar, which closely resembles the more modern Gregorian calendar that most countries around the world use today. As part of his reform, Caesar instituted January 1 as the first day of the year, to honor the month s namesake: Janus, the Roman god of beginnings, whose two faces allowed him to look back into the past and forward into the future. Romans celebrated by offering sacrifices to Janus, exchanging gifts with one another, decorating their homes with laurel branches and attending raucous parties. In medieval Europe, Christian leaders temporarily replaced January 1 as the first of the year with days carrying more religious significance, such as December 25 (the anniversary of Jesus birth) and March 25 (the Feast of the Annunciation); Pope Gregory XIII reestablished January 1 as New Year s Day in New Year s Traditions In many countries, New Year s celebrations begin the evening of December 31, New Year s Eve, and continue into the early hours of January 1. Revelers often enjoy meals and snacks thought to bestow good luck for the coming year. In Spain and several other Spanish-speaking countries, people bolt down a dozen grapes symbolizing their hopes for the months ahead right before midnight. In many parts of the world, traditional New Year s dishes feature legumes, which are thought to resemble coins and herald future financial success; examples include lentils in Italy and black-eyed peas in the southern United States. Because pigs represent progress and prosperity in some cultures, pork appears on the New Year s Eve table in Cuba, Austria, Hungary, Portugal and other countries. Ring-shaped cakes and pastries, a sign that the year has come full circle, round out the feast in the Netherlands, Mexico, Greece and elsewhere. In Sweden and Norway, meanwhile, rice pudding with an almond hidden inside is served on New Year s Eve; it is said that whoever finds the nut can expect 12 months of good fortune. Other customs that are common worldwide include watching fireworks and singing songs to welcome the new year, including the everpopular Auld Lang Syne in many English-speaking countries. The practice of making resolutions for the new year is thought to have first caught on among the ancient Babylonians, who made promises in order to earn the favor of the gods and start the year off on the right foot. They would reportedly vow to pay off debts and return borrowed farm equipment. In the United States, the most iconic New Year s tradition is the dropping of a giant ball in New York City s Times Square at the stroke of midnight. Millions of people around the world watch the event, which has taken place almost every year since Over time, the ball itself has ballooned from a 700-pound iron-and-wood orb to a brightly patterned sphere 12 feet in diameter and weighing in at nearly 12,000 pounds. Various towns and cities across America have developed their own versions of the Times Square ritual, organizing public drops of items ranging from pickles (Dillsburg, Pennsylvania) to possums (Tallapoosa, Georgia) at midnight on New Year s Eve.

4 J a n u a r y T h e B e a c h B e a t! P a g e 4 Re-Up / Join-Up Shag Dance, January 26, OK fellow SOBS it s Re-Up / Join-Up time! Your membership in the SOBS runs from February 1 st thru January 31 st of the following year. Our January 26 th dance is your opportunity to Re-Up in the best Shag Club on the East Coast! It also is the opportunity to get your shagging friends to Join-Up with us as well. The cost is $20 per person for the membership year. The Re- Up / Join-Up fee will get you a year s membership, admission to the dance, and a meal. In addition, our DJ will be the legendary Fessa John Hook! To expedite the process for those members who are going to Re-Up, we will have a complete current membership list containing your 2017 information (Last/First Name, address, mailing address, phone number and birth date-no year!). In lieu of filling out the membership form again, we ask you to verify, make any corrections and pay your dues. New members who will Join-Up will have to initially fill out the form. A Membership Application for your friends is on the last page of this newsletter for their convenience. Checks should made out to the SOCIETY OF BRUNS- WICK SHAGGERS. As with most non-profit social clubs, volunteering is the backbone of our organization as well as a great chance to meet with the entire Membership. We ask our Members to step up for whatever small part you would like to play. The areas we always need volunteers are: HOSPITALITY responsible for greeting Members and Guests at the door of our dances. They take money in and check off Members/Guests at the door and direct questions (Membership, SOS Cards, etc.) to a SOBS Officer. They could also check on the Guests throughout the night and answer any questions. These people are our AMBASSADORS! COMMUNICATION anyone is welcome to write articles or submit pictures for our Newsletter/Website. Your experiences at events (dances, SOS, etc.) would certainly be welcome. Deadline for our Newsletter is the 25 th of the month. ENTERTAINMENT responsible for helping set up (decorate) and clean up at selected dances. These are important positions as we need to leave our venues as we found them and the Board Members do eventually tire of the tasks. SOCIAL volunteers to participate (dance or make costumes) in the SOS Parade in April, sell raffle tickets or procure items for auction at our Charity event, and to sell 50/50 tickets at our regular dance events. ANYTHING NEEDED This is the MEGA-VOLUNTEER who is available at most club functions. You can offer up your services at any event and as well as making yourselves available for last minute needs.

5 J a n u a r y T h e B e a c h B e a t! P a g e 5 SOBS Election Results, Saturday, December 9, Fellow SOBS, The meeting was called to order by John Hutton after our Christmas Dinner. Jim Trent called for nominations from the floor and there was no response. Jim then made a motion to the membership in attendance to accept the slate and called for a voice vote in favor. It was unanimous! The new club officers for 2018: President: Chuck Boney Vice President: John Hutton Secretary: Cathy Myers Treasurer: Dennis Faver A big Thank You goes to our outgoing Board member, Steve Smith (Treasurer). The current SOBS Board members would also like to thank Jim Trent & Ben Hinson for their efforts in preparing and conducting the election and those members that decorated for the Christmas dance. John also thanked everyone for the donations of toys & gifts to be given to the OKI Community Center Christmas Wish List. SOBS Sunday Series Dances at The Lazy Turtle Bar & Grill Hey SOBS! Our SOBS Sunday Series shag dances continue into 2018 at The Lazy Turtle Bar & Grill on the OKI ocean front! Our next Sunday Series dance will be on January 21 st with DJ Tim Holland from 1 PM to 5 PM. All of our Sunday Series dances are at no charge. Drinks & The Lazy Turtle menu will be available for purchase. We ll pass the hat for the DJ s expenses. More details will follow as we get closer to the date. We re just trying to give you a few more opportunities to wear out those Weejuns!

6 J a n u a r y T h e B e a c h B e a t! P a g e 6 WELCOME to our New Members & Guests... Our December 9 th Christmas Dinner & Toy Benefit Shag Dance at the OKI Moose Lodge had a great crowd of well over 100 shaggers from our own SOBS, members from other shag clubs and guests. Ever popular DJ Jerry Burrage again kept the dance floor full and entertained us the whole night! The on the club baked chicken dinner prepared by the Moose Lodge was delicious and didn t leave anyone hungry! In addition, the results of our Toy Benefit for the Oak Island Community Center Christmas Wish List was nothing short of amazing! Thanks to all who shared their goodwill to this worthy cause during the Holiday Season. A big thanks goes out to all who decorated the dance hall and helped to bring out the Christmas Spirit in all of us! WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST SOBS! JACK BRYANT, PETER & DIANNA MOSS, JAY & CAROLYN STEFANACCI From our Friends at Coastal Shag Club (CSC)... Coastal Shag Club shag dances are on the 3 rd Saturday of each month at the Moose Lodge, 253 Holden Beach Road, Shallotte, NC. Cost is $5 for CSC members and members of other Shag Clubs, $8/all other guests. Doors open at 6:30 PM and dance is 7:00 to 10:30 PM. Ask for a FREE Basic Dance Lesson for those staying for the dance. Fantastic non-smoking dance room with large wooden dance floor, 50/50 raffle, and cash bar. Please bring a snack or dessert to share. We re located just 20 minutes north of Ocean Drive and Main Street. Come join Brunswick County's friendliest shag club! Visit their website at: Our January Birthdays... 3rd James Cross 3rd Sonny Gentry 6th Peggy Corcoran 6th Frank Darzano 6th Mary Ann Gregory 6th Jean McVeigh 6th Beth Uhl 9th Diane Norton 11th Sandy Boney 12th Katy O Neill 13th Debbie Gentry 16th Lynn Sanders 16th Jean Stout 18th Eddy Haynes 18th Bonnie White 22nd Fred Milano 23rd Jack Gott 23rd Colleen Naughton 23rd Peggy Whitacre 27th Skip Bernard 28th Linda Sawyer 29th Arlene Bauer 29th Bill Brown

7 J a n u a r y T h e B e a c h B e a t! P a g e 7 Club Communication Information... by Joe Malinowski Communications are an integral part of any organization. If you don t know what s going on, you miss many of the activities we do as a club. Currently, we have our website, a Facebook page, this newsletter and of course, the s I send to keep you as timely informed as possible of our events. Thankfully, we have for the most part a tech savvy membership. There are still a few holdouts, but somehow you find out what s happening in the club through friends you may have in the club. For outsiders looking to join a shag club or find a place to dance, our website and Facebook page are usually what they visit. But, these tools are only as good as they are current! One problem that I consistently faced was to keep all those media vehicles simultaneously current and synchronized for members and outsiders. So, at our last Board meeting we made a decision to change the website to be for the most part a static place for information. It has been changed to just include pages about us, the charities we support, our yearly dance schedule, links to our newsletter, and other shag related links. The only items that will be updated on our website (when necessary!) will be our dance calendar and adding newsletters as they are published. You, as SOBS members, will still continue to receive the most current information via this newsletter and timely s. SOBS Past President and original webmaster, Ken Koehly, created our Facebook page. Ken & I also talked about the club s use of Facebook and will take a closer look at how this may evolve for the club. We ll keep you posted as we progress. If you have any questions about our communications process, see me at our next dance... thanks! Visit our website at: LIKE us on FACEBOOK at: Show Your Club Logo... Hey SOBS! Before you know it, SOS Spring Safari will be here and we ll be mingling with a couple thousand of our closest SHAG friends in North Myrtle Beach. Not to mention all the fun of our club being in the SOS parade and the club Free Pour! You can now show your club colors & loyalty by having a personal item embroidered by fellow SOBS member, Beth Uhl. The logo is depicted here on the right and can be embroidered on polo shirts, button-up shirts, towels (like we don t sweat much during the Summer months!) and tote bags. The cost is only $15 and will be completed within 10 days to 2 weeks. Proudly wear our logo gear at SOS and other shag events! See Beth at one of our dances or contact her at (910) for pick-up and delivery options.

8 J a n u a r y T h e B e a c h B e a t! P a g e 8 January DJ Information... Fellow SOBS Happy New Year! Where did 2017 go? We danced the year away! I am continuing my monthly articles about upcoming DJs. There will be a new DJ face later this year. Spinning the discs in the month of January will be: Friday, January 12 th - DJ Claude CC OKI VFW Sunday, January 21 st - DJ Tim The Lazy Turtle Bar & Grill Friday, January 26 th - DJ Fessa John OKI Moose Lodge Our first dance of the New Year will be Friday, January 12 th at the VFW with DJ Claude CC Collins. Claude has been a Beach Music DJ for over 20 years and has played for our club many times. He was born and raised in North Carolina and currently lives in the North Myrtle Beach, SC area. He is one of the House DJ s at the landmark Ocean Drive Pavilion where he can be found playing great dance music during SOS. Let s start the New Year with a great night! Tim Holland will be playing for 2018 s first Sunday Series dance on January 21 st from 1-5 PM at The Lazy Turtle Bar & Grill oceanfront on Oak Island. This will be our first Sunday party of 2018, so come out and help make it a great afternoon of dancing on the beach. Tim and his wife Lisa live on Oak Island and he has played many of the venues in our area. They moved to Oak Island from Raleigh about 7 years ago. Tim appreciates all types of music, but says his greatest love is Beach Music. Tim likes to play a mix of old school R & B Shag and some of the releases of the current Beach Music bands. Tim was an Environmental Engineer and an accomplished musician with over 20 years in the US Army National Guard Band. Fessa John Hook will be playing at our January 26 th dance- the Annual Re-Up / Join-Up Party at the Moose. Fessa is one of the last of the Legendary DJs of Beach Music. John has been involved in Beach Music since the early 1970 s. He is the author of Shagging in the Carolinas which chronicles the history of Shag dancing and beach music. His publication include the 2 volume set Beach Music Guide, which contains extensive information on Beach Music artists and entries of over 26,000 beach music songs and other books on the history of Shag Dance and its associated bands over the years. He now syndicates three weekly radio shows on 58+ radio stations across the United States and has been affiliated with numerous radio stations through the years. He is now locally on 94.1 FM The Beach in Wilmington. His thorough knowledge of beach music has rightly earned him his nickname of Fessa. He has played our Operation Uplink party for many years. His presence at our Annual Re-Up / Join-Up Party will again make this an event to be remembered. Come rejoin the club. I would again like to thank you club members for your support of my 2 years as your club President. I look forward to seeing you at our club s dances and we hope to see you on the dance floor soon. John Hutton, DJ Selection

9 J a n u a r y T h e B e a c h B e a t! P a g e 9 Learn or Sharpen up your Shag Steps in the New Year... ALL DANCES BEGIN AT 6:30 PM, WITH MOST DANCES HAVING A SHAG OR LINE DANCE LESSON AT 6:00 PM! Instructors: Chuck & Sandy Boney On Thursdays: first class will be held on January 7, week session (from January 4 - February 15) Beginners 6:00-7:00 PM, Intermediate 7:00-8:00 PM Brunswick County Senior Center 1513 N. Howe Street, Southport, NC Instructors: John Hutton & Katy O Neill On Mondays: first class will be held on January 8, week session (from January 8 - February 19) On Tuesdays: first class will be held on January 9, week session (from January 9 - February 20) Beginners 6:00-7:00 PM, Intermediate 7:00-8:00 PM Shallotte Senior Center 3620 Express Dr., Shallotte, NC $60 per person/$120 per couple Offered by Brunswick County Parks and Recreation For information: Chuck Boney at (910) or zrmcb4@yahoo.com or John Hutton at (910) or jsh66@earthlink.net The Society of Brunswick Shaggers is a proud member of The Association of Carolina Shag Clubs (ACSC) and SOS (Society of Stranders). The SOS Website can be found at:

10 J a n u a r y T h e B e a c h B e a t! P a g e Dance Party Schedule (Subject to Change!)... ALL DANCES BEGIN AT 6:30 PM, WITH MOST DANCES HAVING A SHAG OR LINE DANCE LESSON AT 6:00 PM! DATE LOCATION DJ THEME FOOD DOOR 50/50 LESSON JANUARY NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, OD RESORT & BEACH CLUB, SOS MID-WINTER/WORKSHOP JANUARY 12 OKI VFW CLAUDE COLLINS HAPPY NEW YEAR! FINGERFOOD SHAG JANUARY 21 OKI, THE LAZY TURTLE BAR & GRILL, SOBS SUNDAY SERIES DANCE W/DJ TIM HOLLAND JANUARY 26 OKI MOOSE LODGE FESSA JOHN HOOK RE-UP / JOIN-UP BAR-BQ N/A FEBRUARY 9 OKI VFW TERRY McPHAIL VALENTINE S DAY LINE DANCE FEBRUARY 18 OKI, THE LAZY TURTLE BAR & GRILL, SOBS SUNDAY SERIES DANCE W/DJ CHIGGER WOODS FEBRUARY 23 OKI MOOSE LODGE JIMMY BUFFKIN CHILI COOK-OFF SHAG MARCH 9 OKI VFW KITTY EARLES LINE DANCE MARCH 18 OKI, THE LAZY TURTLE BAR & GRILL, SOBS SUNDAY SERIES DANCE W/DJ JERRY BURRAGE MARCH 23 OKI MOOSE LODGE ROBERT CARTER APRIL 13 OKI VFW LYNN KING S.O.A.R. BENEFIT LINE DANCE APRIL APRIL 28 NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC - SOS SPRING SAFARI NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC - SOS SPRING SAFARI PARADE FOLLOWED BY OUR CLUB FREE POUR AT THE OD PAVILION MAY 11 OKI VFW JIMMY BUFFKIN LINE DANCE MAY 25 OKI MOOSE LODGE GENE SISTARE FASHION SHOW W/GAIL ROBERSON SHAG JUNE 8 OKI VFW BUTCH ADEIMY LINE DANCE JUNE 22 OKI MOOSE LODGE CLAUDE COLLINS SHAG JUNE 30 OKI MIDDLETON PARK, OAK ISLAND BEACH DAY SHAG CONTEST W/DJ JIM TWO WRAPS BRUNO JULY 13 OKI VFW ROY CHILDRESS LINE DANCE JULY13-15 SHERATON IMPERIAL HOTEL, DURHAM, NC - SOS SUMMER WORKSHOP JULY 27 OKI MOOSE LODGE JERRY BURRAGE SHAG AUGUST 10 OKI VFW MIKE HUDSON LINE DANCE AUGUST 24 OKI MOOSE LODGE TERRY McPHAIL SHAG SEPTEMBER 7 OKI VFW J. J. KINLAW LINE DANCE SEPTEMBER NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC - SOS FALL MIGRATION SEPTEMBER?? NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC - SOS FALL MIGRATION CLUB FREE POUR AT THE OD PAVILION SEPTEMBER 21 OKI MOOSE LODGE JIM BRUNO SHAG OCTOBER 12 OKI MOOSE LODGE FESSA JOHN HOOK OPERATION UPLINK N/A OCTOBER 21 OKI, THE LAZY TURTLE BAR & GRILL, SOBS SUNDAY SERIES DANCE W/DJ??? OCTOBER 26 OKI VFW GENE SISTARE HALLOWEEN LINE DANCE NOVEMBER 9 OKI MOOSE LODGE ROBERT CARTER THANKSGIVING SHAG NOVEMBER 18 OKI, THE LAZY TURTLE BAR & GRILL, SOBS SUNDAY SERIES DANCE W/DJ??? DECEMBER 8 OKI MOOSE LODGE JERRY BURRAGE CHRISTMAS PARTY SHAG The Society of Brunswick Shaggers is a proud member of The Association of Carolina Shag Clubs (ACSC) and SOS (Society of Stranders).

11 Pictures from our December 9 th Christmas OKI Moose Lodge Our Christmas Dinner & Toy Benefit Shag Dance at the OKI Moose Lodge had a great crowd of well over 100 shaggers from our own SOBS, members from other shag clubs and guests. Ever popular DJ Jerry Burrage again kept the dance floor full and entertained us the whole night! The on the club baked chicken dinner prepared by the Moose Lodge was delicious and didn t leave anyone hungry! In addition, the results of our Toy Benefit for the Oak Island Community Center Christmas Wish List was nothing short of amazing! DID MAMIE HAVE A BIRTHDAY?

12 More Pictures from our December 9 th Christmas OKI Moose Lodge

13 SOBS Membership Application Form (PLEASE PRINT!)