Sandkicker The Newsletter of Sandy Beach Shag Club

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1 Sandkicker The Newsletter of Sandy Beach Shag Club Special points of interest: Happy New Year! Adopt a Highway Shag Lessons Inside this issue: Birthdays 2 Committees 2 Party Information and 2012 Dates Invitation to the Elks New Years Eve Party Pictures of Float Day 3 4 Area Happenings 5 T.H.U.S Pictures of the Float Preparations 7 8 Volume 2, Issue 1 January 2012 Happy New Year from SBSC to all of you!! We have had a great 2011 and our Christmas party was a huge success. If you did not get the SBSC Christmas Picture and would like one, please let us know. We have many great things planned for the upcoming year. As always, there is much to do and your help is needed and greatly appreciated. We have shown that we can do anything that we put our minds to. It is our hope that your New Year is full of happiness and that all of your goals are realized. We travel this road together and SBSC Members will work together to make this a better world United We Dance Adopt a Highway Trash Pickup February 4th 2012 A highway cleanup is scheduled for Saturday, February 4th, at 9:30 AM! We will meet in the McDonald's parking lot near the ATM machine. Trash bags, safety vests, gloves (cloth and latex), and pickup tools will be provided. It usually takes about an hour and a half to complete the one-mile cleanup. Call , if you need additional information! We Need Your Help! SBSC Litter Pick Up Schedule and SOS Card Sales Mid-Winter Information- United We Dance 9 10 Shag Lessons!! In January of 2012, on the 5th and 12th there will be line dancing on those Thursday nights at 6:30pm. No cost for line dancing. New Beginners I will start January 19th at 6:30pm. Additional dates will be January 26th, February 2nd, and February 16th. Please get the word out. The cost is $20 for a four lesson set. All activities are at the Morganton Elks Lodge.

2 Page 2 Sandkicker SBSC Birthdays for January 2012 You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely. Ogden Nash Richard Hedrick Lee Wagoner Janet Shanahan Kathy Valentine Sam Reep James Brittain Sarah Huffman Glenn Boston Tavia Stearns Jim B. Brinkley Bill Arcebal Angela (Angie) Voltmer Randy Bumgarner Susan Whitener Andy St. John Sam Smith Betty Ferguson Gail Sutherland Alan Parks Randy Bivins Terry King Sunny Vanderbloemen George Brown Richard McGee Kevin Robinson Nancy Johnson Sally Nicks Jerrell Wilson 1/1 1/1 1/3 1/3 1/4 1/5 1/5 1/6 1/6 1/8 1/11 1/11 1/12 1/12 1/14 1/15 1/16 1/17 1/20 1/22 1/25 1/27 1/28 1/29 1/29 1/30 1/30 1/30 Wow what a bunch of birthdays in January. If you see these people out and about, wish them a happy birthday and start their 2012 right. Also, please welcome our newest members! Your participation in your Club s Committees is needed! Social/Planning: Dorothy Barrier Clean-up: Karen Johnston, James Bentley Adopt-A-Highway: Jim Noggle DJ Committee: Steve Coley Membership: Robin Morley Door: Sam/Annette Smith Food/Hospitality: Shirlene Wike Decorations: Louise Dockery Website: John Carpenter Information/Newsletter: Susan Whisnant/John Carpenter By-Laws: Ticket and SOS Cards: Sanford Clark Parade/Float : Doris Shelton and Ken McFarland If you haven t already done so, you can send an to John Carpenter to select the committee you would like to serve on. It takes a village! Please help us to continue our mission of having one of the best shag clubs anywhere! It is extremely important that our success continues. Please consider a position as an officer, board member, newsletter editor, committee chair or member, in the new year. Our Club year begins May Leadership is needed for our future success!!! Stay tuned for big news coming on this > C.S.R.A. Shag Club road trip. The dates are March 16-18th. Save those dates as you will not want to miss this. Next General Membership Meeting date: February 19th. Most likely at the Elks Lodge (Sunday) at 6:30pm. Ask not what your Shag Club can do for you, but rather what you can do for your Shag Club

3 Volume 2, Issue 1 Page 3 Party Information All Parties are held at the Morganton Elks Lodge. Members $5 Guests $7 7:30pm until 11:30pm Light Snacks, cash bar, and DJ All in a smoke free environment For more details contact: johnthomas@hotmail.com All members are encouraged to donate a snack. Please bring a serving dish too. Sample items are: peanuts, chips/dip, cookies/brownies, Cheetos, pretzels, pickles/olives etc. Also, All members are asked to help with the clean-up at the end of the party by putting trash in the correct recycling bins. SBSC Party Dates for 2012 January 21st-Eddie Teeter February 11th-Frank Price March 24th Gene Sistare April (no party) May 12th-Gene Hensley June 16th-Tommy Samole July 21st-Buck Crumpton August (no party) September 1st (tentative) October 13th-Norman Mills November 17th-Roy Childress December 15th-Steve Coley SBSC Deck Party Dates for 2012 Not determined at this time

4 Page 4 Sandkicker Invitation to New Years Eve Party from the Morganton Elks Lodge UPDATE!! -There is still time! There are already about 200 tickets sold!!! At this late writing, you may need to buy at the door. SBSC Members, On behalf of the Morganton Elk s Lodge I would like to personally invite each shag club member, family and friends to our New Year s Eve Party. The Kingdaddy Band from Charlotte, a great party and dance band will be our entertainment for the evening. Tickets will be sold in advance at the lodge for $20 per person, $25 at the door. This will be a wonderful evening of dancing, fellowship and ringing in the New Year. Doors will open at 8p.m. Interested in writing a column or an article for the Newsletter? The Sandkicker staff invite you to be a contributor to our Newsletter. If you would like to start a column, or contribute articles to the newsletter, this will would be greatly welcomed. There are many interesting facts in our Shag World that our readers would enjoy. If you have ideas that you think would be good, please let us know what you are thinking. We certainly look forward to hearing from you. Please Susan Whisnant or John Carpenter Please welcome contributing editor: Gary Barlow who will provide periodic contributions.

5 Page 5 Area Happenings-Check out what is happening around us! Two great websites for Shag Dance Information: and Next Monthly SBSC Party January 21th, 2012 Our January 21st party features DJ Eddie Teeter See you there!!! - Boone Shag Club The Boone Shag Club meets Tuesdays at 7:30pm in the Meadowbrook Inn in Blowing Rock. Lake Hickory Shag Club Next party: Saturday, Jan 28th 7:30-11:30 VFW Hickory DJ Ed Timberlake $5 Members and $7 Guests Brushy Mountain Shag Club: North Wilkesboro, NC Next Party is their Re-Up party on January 14th with DJ Frank Price. 8pm until 11pm

6 Page 6 Sandkicker T. H. U. S By Gary Barlow contributing editor for The Sandkicker Our mark on the world is as fleeting as the tide washed sands. But it sure is fun to make your mark If their feet aren't in the right place, at least their hearts are. Christian M. Chensvold I wonder if 2012 is going to be a historical year as 2011 was for our shag club. I asked in a newsletter last year for our club members to let s make our own history. Our officers and committee members have taken this suggestion and blazed a trail to where our shag club has assumed it s rightful place. Point in case is the very successful parade float that SBSC entered in the Morganton Christmas Parade Success is more than being awarded a trophy for Best in Theme. I have been involved in parades, fund raisers, March of Dime Walks. NEVER, NEVER have I seen a group of volunteers come together with such a desire, enthusiasm and dedication to complete a task. Ken and Doris served as chairpersons. Ken s son, Haze stepped up to drive the parade truck and did a smooth job. Doris stayed on top of the activities both inside and out. Ken stayed busy keeping her settled down. He had such a calming effect on everyone. Robin Little has a sixth sense about how to put things together in her mind and has the ability to jump from one aspect to another without missing a step. Everyone and every activity involved, just flowed. They all stepped up when and where needed. The parade committee met 5 different times to mold their ideal into a theme. We had one outside work day before the parade. The ladies worked on the palm trees, cut the fabric for the skirting. Joyce Kincaid has a way with a paint brush that none can equal. Dean Friesland, Alan Brown, James Bentley, John Carpenter, Will Honeycutt, and Sanford did a bang up job engineering the construction of the float. After a nine hour day the group decided we would meet on the morning of parade day to finish. Who would have known that it was going to rain!! There was no dampening of spirits on December 6 th even though it rained morning till night. When we got to the staging area uptown we worked frantically to finish by 6:30 pm. At 5pm, about 10 of us walked to the restaurant to grab a burger. We had just ordered, when Ken came in to announce we had 5 minutes to get back to the float to be judged. We all grabbed our wet rain gear and headed back to the streets. The rest is history and you should be proud to have been involved in such an endeavor. Earlier I mentioned success is more than a tin trophy. Success is the bonding that many of you felt the club has achieved during this process. I know I echo our club President s sentiments when I say thank you for all the ones that came out and participated, walked in the rain, worked in the rain and supported one another so faithfully. Let s have another year as successful as Editor s Note: T.H.U.S. stands for The Heck You Say!

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8 Page 8 Sandkicker Parade Day!

9 Volume 2, Issue 1 Page 9 SBSC Litter Pick Up Schedule: Here's the schedule thru Dec We will meet at 9:30 each Saturday. The alternate pickup schedule, in the event of bad weather, is the following Saturday. We meet in the parking lot near McDonald's restaurant. Trash bags, gloves (cloth & latex), safety vests, and pickup tools are provided. Call Jim Noggle if you need more information Saturday, February 4, Alternate: Sat., Feb. 11 Saturday, April 7, Alternate: Sat., April 14 Saturday, June 2, Alternate: Sat., June 9 Saturday, August 4, Alternate: Sat., August 11 Saturday, October 6, Alternate: Sat., October 13 Saturday, December 1, Alternate: Sat., December SOS Cards Continue to be available for Sale. Time is Running Out! Please contact Robin Morley for your new SOS cards. Since they are also available online for $35, once our supply of cards runs out for this year, that will be the last of the cards that you can purchase from SBSC at the discount cost of $30. So, do not delay and get your cards now! They will be used for all events after January 1st, SOS MID-WINTER BREAK January 12-15, 2012 The holidays are over. You're tired of cold weather & you need a break from the daily grind. So take that break at the SOS Mid-Winter Party at North Myrtle Beach. All of your favorite SOS lounges will be open & waiting to welcome you home. The DJs will have the music hopping. The bartenders will have a smile ready (and a nice cold beverage!) I will even bet that your friends will be saving a spot for you by the dance floor. Don't forget that you need a current SOS membership card to open the doors of the SOS lounges. You can pick one up at the beach when you meet us all there.

10 United We Dance SANDY BEACH SHAG CLUB Primary Business Address Your Address Line 2 Your Address Line 3 Your Address Line 4 Phone: Fax: someone@example.com Find us on or on Facebook. Just type Sandy Beach Shag Club in the search box. Sandy Beach Shag Club is a non-profit social dance club that promotes the Carolina Shag Dance. Our mission is the bringing together people of like minds with the goal to preserve the Carolina Shag Dance and the music to which we dance. We are members of the Association of Carolina Shag Clubs. For any information, go online to or contact the President, John Carpenter: johnthomas@hotmail.com President: John Carpenter VP: Shirlene Wike Secretary: Susan Whisnant Treasurers: Marie Young, Scott Rogers, and Leah Turner Member-at-large: Jim Noggle Former President: Arlene Coley United We Dance