The Official Newsletter of the Society of Brunswick Shaggers

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1 The Official Newsletter of the Society of Brunswick Shaggers 2017 PO BOX 274, Oak Island, NC Visit our website at: LIKE us on FACEBOOK at: The Beach Beat! Message from our President Board Meeting Minutes in Retrospect Slate of Officers 4 Operation Uplink Report 5 Welcome new SOBS & Guests 6 December Birthdays 6 December DJ Bios 7 Dance Schedule 8 Shag Dance Lessons 9 5 Facts of Pearl Harbor Picture Memories 11 SOBS Membership Form 14 We had a fantastic turnout for our Thanksgiving Dinner Dance at the Moose. Members contributed a great selection of delicious side dishes and desserts to compliment the ham and turkey. The dance was well attended with DJ Robert Carter providing the music. Those who came to the Sunday Series dance at The Lazy Turtle with DJ Jim Bruno enjoyed a beautiful oceanfront Sunday afternoon of shagging. We will need volunteers to sign up to be 2018 s Door Greeters and attend to the 50/50 at upcoming dances. Both of these offer opportunities to get to know other club members. The sign up board will be available at each dance. Our club officers election is upon us. The current slate is: Chuck Boney- President, John Hutton- Vice-President (I would like to continue to work for the ongoing success of our club), Dennis Faver- Treasurer, and Cathy Myers- Secretary. The election voting will take place at our Christmas Party, Saturday, December 9 th. With my tenure as SOBS President ending I have been thinking about the last two years and how successful the club has been. I am pleased to be able to say our club has been able to offer our members more opportunities to dance than ever before. As Katy and I talked about the fun times we have had she suggested to put them into a Thanks for a Great Ride article which appears on page 3. I was amazed at the variety when we started to list events. I also would like to acknowledge Katy for her dedication in spearheading the decorations for dances and her continued support all along the way. I also want to say thanks to all our members who enjoyed our good times throughout the year. I have enjoyed getting to know so many of you and want to say thanks to you for helping make our club the great organization that it is today. We certainly would not have been able to accomplish the things we did without the fantastic support of you, our members. Thanks for allowing me to have shared my vision of what a Carolina Shag Club tries to do for its members for these last 2 years. The Christmas dance will be at the Moose and it will feature a baked chicken dinner on the club. We will start the buffet at 6:30 PM so that dancing may begin as soon as possible after club elections and end of year business takes place. Our next Sunday Series dance at The Lazy Turtle Sunday will be Sunday January 21, 2018 with DJ Tim Holland. We want to dance our way into the New Year. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE SOCIETY OF BRUNSWICK SHAGGERS (SOBS) WISH YOU & YOUR FAMILIES A MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR! On a sad note Wayne Bell of the Coastal Club passed away. He and his wife Jennifer were always to be seen at dances in our areas over the years. Another loss we have felt is the sudden death of Wilmington based DJ Eddie Baker. He played for our club as recently as September. At that dance he brought several dozen Krispy Kreme donuts to celebrate club member Darla Hardee s birthday. On a personal note, he and I had known each other since the late 1960 s at Wrightsville Beach. He was a great guy! Our next board meeting is Thursday, December 7 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 all on the dance floor over the Holidays and into the New Year. Have a great Holiday Season. Thanks again for the opportunity to serve as SOBS President and have a wonderful John Hutton, President Your 2017 Society of Brunswick Shaggers Board Members... John Hutton, President Chuck Boney, Vice President Cathy Myers, Secretary Steve Smith, Treasurer Joe Malinowski, Newsletter & Membership

2 D e c e m b e r T h e B e a c h B e a t! P a g e 2 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, November 9, PRESENT: John Hutton, Chuck Boney, Steve Smith, Joe Malinowski The meeting was called to order at 5:55 PM by John Hutton. SECRETARY S REPORT: The October Board Meeting minutes are posted in the newsletter and were approved. TREASURER S REPORT: The SOS Cards for 2018 are in and available. Our current Operation Uplink dance count is $7, We have $9, in our treasury. Check presentations to the VFW Operation Uplink and New Hope Clinic will be coordinated by John. OLD BUSINESS: The dances in October dances (Operation Uplink, Sunday Series, Halloween) were outstanding. Our October 13 th Annual Beach Music & Shag Dance benefitting Operation Uplink and New Hope Clinic at the OKI Moose Lodge had a great crowd of well over 100+ of our own SOBS and many members from other shag clubs and guests. Thanks to Co-Chairs Katy O Neill and Patti Smith for another great event! We ll announce the final report in our December Newsletter! Our October 27 th Halloween Costume dance at the OKI VFW had 49 SOBS and 6 guests. Thanks to all who put up our decorations and to those who brought those great snacks & desserts! The Halloween Costume Contest was incredible! Many spent a lot of planning, time and effort to come up with their costumes. NEW BUSINESS: The planning for our Thanksgiving Dinner Dance on November 10 th is just about complete. We currently have members cooking 3 turkeys and 2 hams. Members are being asked to bring sides and desserts. The Club will be providing Christmas dinner at the Moose during the December Dance with members being asked to bring cookies for dessert. The dinner will consist of baked chicken, scalloped potatoes, green beans, salad, biscuit/bread. The original date of February 18 th for OD Shag Club bringing a bus of members to our Moose Lodge dance is too early and will not work for the OD. John will coordinate with Vic Gillespie for a new dance date. Gail Roberson may have another fashion show at this dance tentatively scheduled for March 23 at the Moose Lodge. Our next Sunday Series dance at The Lazy Turtle will be on November 19 th with DJ Jimmy Two Wraps Bruno playing from 1-5 PM. Members were notified that drinks at the VFW were going up about 25 cents. They had not raised their prices for 4 years. The nomination committee announced the recommended slate of officers at the October 13 & 27 th dances. Nominations will be accepted from the floor at the next two dances with elections at the December Christmas Dinner Dance. COMMITTEE REPORTS: Joe reported that we have 232 members as we approach the end of the year. Some members have already re-up for 2018! The Website is up to date (as always). The newsletter and website contains all of our current information for the members dissemination. Next meeting is Thursday, December 7, 6 PM at the VFW. Meeting was adjourned at 6:48 PM Joe Malinowski for Cathy Myers, Secretary

3 D e c e m b e r T h e B e a c h B e a t! P a g e In Retrospect (Thanks for a Great Ride!) by Katy O Neill 2017 has been a good year for the Society of Brunswick Shaggers (SOBS). I hope that you have been a part of more than one of the following: 1st Place Shagging Troupe at the SOS Spring Safari Parade 2 oceanfront celebrations/free pours at the Ocean Drive Pavilion Successful Operation Uplink/New Hope Clinic dance and auction Oak Island Days 4th of July Festival Shag Contest Dance and Cook Out Thanksgiving Feast Benefit events for both S.O A.R. and the Oak Island Community Center Christmas wish donation Chili cook-off Halloween costume party Fashion show Junior Shaggers exhibition Free shag lessons in June and before dances as well as Line Dance lessons On the club events: Re-Up/Join-Up Bar-B-Q Buffet Party & Christmas Dinner Party, burgers and hotdogs cook out, sub sandwich night, and pizza night Support of the greater shag community included a great turn-out for Columbia Shag Club s Shag Extravaganza VIII ACSC meeting attendance SOS card purchases Attending dances at the Coastal Club in Shallotte Sunday afternoons at the OD Pavilion And, how about that dance comradery, the excellent DJs, good food, good friends and great times. The SOBS held 21 scheduled dances this year, with an extra 6 Sunday Series dances at The Lazy Turtle Bar & Grill on Oak Island. The club s success is built on the members who volunteer to be Door Greeters, 50/50 raffle, set up, decorate, cook burgers, hotdogs or turkeys or bring a dish, all the other things in between, and clean up. The club s yearlong Sign up Board for Greeters and the 50/50 raffle appears at every dance. Fabricated by Rob Johnson, the board for 2017 is the record of some of those folks who, well, signed up. Thank you to these and all the behind the scenes members who stepped up to help. Roger & Sue Albizu, Chuck & Sandy Boney, Bill & Sandy Brown, Leon Buffkin, Karen & Bill Critcher, Rick & Carolyn Espinoza, Dennis & Elaine Faver, Gary & Carol Goldenbaum, Linda & Joe Harlow, Scott & Cindy Hettinger, Marilyn Hill, Ben & Troye Hinson, Dean & Beth Jones, Rob & Diani Johnson, Bruce & Adele Leeming, Joe & Kathy Malinowski, George & Jean McVeigh, Francis & Cathy Myers, Tanya & Ron Nickson, Bob & Ginny Prunty, Steve & Patty Smith, Jim & Angela Trent, Mark & April Trull, John Uberto, Bahre & Brenda Willis, Cheryl Wilson. Apologies if I missed your name! Thank you to the club s officers, their spouses and families. Thank you, in advance, to Rob Johnson for making the 2018 board, and to all of you who will sign up and show up for It s been a great ride! Katy O Neill

4 D e c e m b e r T h e B e a c h B e a t! P a g e 4 Announcement of Slate of Officers for Membership Year Greetings Fellow SOBS... Our Nominating Committee consists of Jim Trent and Ben Hinson. The initial slate of officers for membership year 2018 was presented at our October 13, 2017 dance. Immediately thereafter, there was a call from the floor for additional nominations that resulted in no response. Current Slate of Officers President: Chuck Boney Vice-President: John Hutton Secretary: Cathy Myers Treasurer: Dennis Faver Nominations from the floor were called again at our November 10, 2017 Thanksgiving Dinner dance at the Oak Island Moose Lodge. An additional call for nominations will also be taken before the election by ballots at our Christmas Party dance on December 9, 2017, at the Oak Island Moose Lodge. NOTE: If you would like to consider running for any of the above positions or to nominate a current member, please contact one of the members of the Nominating Committee: Ben Hinson: benhinson@ec.rr.com Jim Trent: jimtrent90@gmail.com

5 D e c e m b e r T h e B e a c h B e a t! P a g e 5 14th Annual Beach Music Shag Dance & Charity Fundraiser - Report... Operation Uplink on October 13, 2017, was once again a success this year, thanks to the great turn-out of members and friends. Our club raised over $7,000 which will be donated to the VFW s Operation Uplink and to Brunswick County s New Hope Clinic. The quality and variety of auction items was a tribute to all SOBS who collected or fabricated and to those who donated. Special thanks to the check writers, the raffle ticket buyers and the winning bidders. The tickets which members received in the mail and subsequently sold or bought as a donation resulted in a large portion of the total we will present to the VFW ($6,500) and to New Hope clinic ($1,000) at the January and February dances. Each donation exceeds, by $500, the amount we presented last year. A Special Thanks goes out to our Co-Chairpersons Katy O Neill and Patti Smith for coordinating this event over the last few months! Also, thanks to all of our contributors of our auction items: Rose Abandola, Joe Apicella, Chuck & Sandy Boney, Tom Boniface, Mamie Brown, Pam Bruno (Pres. Coastal Shag Club), Dennis Faver, Gary & Carol Goldenbaum, Darla Hardy, Ben Hinson, John Hutton & Katy O Neill, Rob & Diani Johnson, Beth Jones, Joe Malinowski, Floyd & Mary Lou McLeroy, Francis & Cathy Myers, Tanya Nickson, Kitty Ramos, Patti Smith, John Cherri Swanko, Jim & Angela Trent, Beth Uhl, Butch Underwood, John Uberto & Marilyn Hill, Ellen Wester

6 D e c e m b e r T h e B e a c h B e a t! P a g e 6 WELCOME to our New Members & Guests... The Thanksgiving Dinner Dance on November 10 th at the OKI Moose Lodge was one of the best attended dances we ve had this year. 91 SOBS, 2 members from other shag clubs and 8 guests had a great time dancing to the tunes of our own Past President and DJ Robert Carter. The members who cooked the turkeys, hams and brought the delicious side dishes outdid themselves and we gave Thanks to yet another great dancing year! We certainly are the nicest SOBS you will ever meet! WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST SOBS FRED & CORRIE BOVIER and CYNTHIA HAMRICK! Show your SOBS Logo... You can now show your club 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 (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! Contact Beth at (910) for pick-up and delivery options From our Friends at Coastal Shag Club (CSC)... Coastal Shag Club shag dances are on the 3rd 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 Basic Dance Lesson FREE to 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 December Birthdays... 2nd Penny Carroll 2nd Barbara Domen 2nd Danette Sral 2nd Ellen Wester 4th Jim Trent 7th Mike Williams 8th Mamie Brown 9th Tom Boniface 11th Johnnie Webster 13th Herb Hudson 14th Beverly Williams 15th Charles Smith 17th David Walker 20th Kathy Malinowski 23rd Avery Boyette 23rd Linda Jenkins 24th Joe Malinowski 31st George McVeigh

7 D e c e m b e r T h e B e a c h B e a t! P a g e 7 December DJ Information... Fellow SOBS I am amazed at how quickly this year seems to have passed. I hope that it has been as good to you and yours as it has been for Katy and me. From my point of view we seem to have danced this year away and I am looking forward to the New Year already. Come out and enjoy a Christmas dinner and dance on the club of Baked Chicken and shag your way into the holidays. Playing the music for our only December dance, our annual Christmas Party is: Saturday, December 9 th - DJ Jerry OKI Moose Lodge Bring an un-wrapped gift for donation to the Oak Island Community Center Christmas Wish List! DJ Jerry Burrage has played for our club many times over the years and has been a Christmas Party tradition for as long as I can remember. He and his wife Marilyn are Hall of Fame dancers and have danced in Shag competition for many years. Jerry has been spinning and collecting tunes for 20+ years. He is one of the house DJs at the landmark Ocean Drive Pavilion during the summer and has been one of the DJ s on the Annual Blues Cruise. He has served as Vice-President of the Association of Beach and Shag Club DJs. Jerry will also be playing on March 18, 2018 at our Sunday Series dance at OKI The Lazy Turtle Bar & Grill. Our first dance of 2018 will be Friday, January 12 th at the OKI VFW with DJ Claude CC Collins. DJ Fessa John Hook will again play for our annual Re-Up/Join-Up Dance Party on Friday, January 26 th at the Moose Lodge. What a great way to start our year. Katy and I wish you all a great holiday season and look forward to seeing you on the dance floor in the coming year. John Hutton, DJ Selection

8 D e c e m b e r 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 DECEMBER 9 OKI MOOSE LODGE JERRY BURRAGE CHRISTMAS PARTY CHICKEN DINNER ON THE CLUB JOE & KATHY MALINOWSKI N/A JANUARY 11-14, 2018 SOS MID-WINTER / WORKSHOP JANUARY 12, 2018 OKI VFW JANUARY 21, 2018 OKI - THE LAZY TURTLE BAR & GRILL SOBS SUNDAY SERIES DANCE DJ TIM HOLLAND JANUARY 26, 2018 OKI MOOSE LODGE FESSA JOHN HOOK RE-UP / JOIN-UP N/A 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: SOBS Sunday Series Dances at The Lazy Turtle Bar & Grill Hey SOBS! Our SOBS Sunday Series shag dances continue 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 those dates. We re just trying to give you a few more opportunities to wear out those Weejuns!

9 D e c e m b e r 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... 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

10 D e c e m b e r T h e B e a c h B e a t! P a g e 10 5 Facts About Pearl Harbor & USS Arizona... By Barbara Maranzani, December 7, 2011, At 7:55 AM. Hawaii time (12:55 PM EST) on December 7, 1941, Japanese fighter planes attacked the U.S. base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, launching one of the deadliest attacks in American history. The assault, which lasted less than two hours, claimed the lives of more than 2,400 people, wounded 1,000 more and damaged or destroyed nearly 20 American ships and more than 300 airplanes. Almost half of the casualties at Pearl Harbor occurred on the naval battleship USS Arizona, which was hit four times by Japanese bombers. As we commemorate the anniversary of this date which will live in infamy, as President Franklin D. Roosevelt described it on December 8, 1941, explore five little-known facts about USS Arizona and the attack that plunged America into war. 1. Twenty-three sets of brothers died aboard USS Arizona. There were 37 confirmed pairs or trios of brothers assigned to USS Arizona on December 7, Of these 77 men, 62 were killed, and 23 sets of brothers died. Only one full set of brothers, Kenneth and Russell Warriner, survived the attack; Kenneth was away at flight school in San Diego on that day and Russell was badly wounded but recovered. Both members of the ship s only father-and-son pair, Thomas Augusta Free and his son William Thomas Free, were killed in action. Though family members often served on the same ship before Worl d War II, U.S. officials attempted to discourage the practice after Pearl Harbor. However, no official regulations were established, an d by the end of the war hundreds of brothers had fought and died together. The five Sullivan brothers of Waterloo, Iowa, for instance, jointly enlisted after learning that a friend, Bill Ball, had died aboard USS Arizona; Their only condition upon enlistment was that they be a ssigned to the same ship. In November 1942, all five siblings were killed in action when their light cruiser, USS Juneau, was sunk during the Battle of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. 2. USS Arizona s entire band was lost in the attack. Almost half of the casualties at Pearl Harbor occurred on the naval battleship USS Arizona, which was hit four times by Japan ese bombers and eventually sank. Among the 1,177 crewmen killed were all 21 members of the Arizona s band, known as U.S. Navy Band Unit ( NBU) 22. Most of its members were up on deck preparing to play music for the daily flag raising ceremony when the attack began. They i nstantly moved to man their battle positions beneath the ship s gun turret. At no other time in American history has an entire military band died in action. The night before the attack, NBU 22 had attended the latest round of the annual Battle of Music competition between military bands from U.S. ships based at Pearl Harbor. Contrary to some reports, NBU 22 did not perform, having already qualified for the finals set to be held on December 20, Following the assault, the unit was unanimously declared the winner of that year s contest, and the award was permanently renamed the USS Arizona Band Trophy. 3. Fuel continues to leak from USS Arizona s wreckage. On December 6, 1941, Arizona took on a full load of fuel nearly 1.5 million gallons in preparation for its scheduled trip to the mainland later that month. The next day, much of it fed the explosion and subsequent fires that destroyed the ship following its attack by Japanese bombers. However, despite the raging fire and ravages of time, some 500,000 gallons are still slowly seeping out of the ship s submerged wreckage: Nearly 70 years after its demise, Arizona continues to spill up to 9 quarts of oil into the harbor each day. In the mid-1990s, environmental concerns led the National Park Service to commission a series of site studies to determine the long-term effects of the oil leakage. Some scientists have warned of a possible catastrophic eruption of oil from the wreckage, which they believe would ca use extensive damage to the Hawaiian shoreline and disrupt U.S. naval functions in the area. The NPS and other governmental agencies contin ue to monitor the deterioration of the wreck site but are reluctant to perform extensive repairs or modifications due to the Arizona s role as a war grave. In fact, the oil that often coats the surface of the water surrounding the ship has added an emotional gravity for ma ny who visit the memorial and is sometimes referred to as the tears of the Arizona, or black tears. 4. Some former crewmembers have chosen USS Arizona as their final resting place. The bonds between the crewmembers of Arizona have lasted far beyond the ship s loss on December 7, Since 1982, the U.S. Navy has allowed survivors of USS Arizona to be interred in the ship s wreckage upon their deaths. Following a full military funeral at the Arizona memorial, the cremated remains are placed in an urn and then deposited by divers beneath one of the Arizona s gun turrets. To date, more than 30 Arizona crewmen who survived Pearl Harbor have chosen the ship as their final resting place. Crewmembers who served o n the ship prior to the attack may have their ashes scattered above the wreck site, and those who served on other vessels stationed at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, may have their ashes scattered above their former ships. As of November 2011, only 18 of the 355 crewmen who survived the bombing of USS Arizona are known to be alive. 5. A memorial was built at the USS Arizona site, thanks in part to Elvis Presley. After Arizona sank, its superstructure and main armament were salvaged and reused to support the war effort, leaving its hull, two gun turrets and the remains of more than 1,000 crewmen submerged in less than 40 feet of water. In 1949 the Pacific War Memorial Commission was established to create a permanent tribute to those who had lost their lives in the attack on Pearl Harbor, but it wa sn t until 1958 that President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed legislation to create a national memorial. The funds to build it came from both the public sector and private donors, including one unlikely source. In March 1961, entertainer Elvis Presley, who had recently finished a two-year stint in the U.S. Army, performed a benefit concert at Pearl Harbor s Block Arena that raised over $50,000 more than 10 percent of the USS Arizona Memorial s final cost. The monument was officially dedicated on May 30, 1962, and attracts more than 1 million visitors each year.

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14 SOBS Membership Application Form (PLEASE PRINT!)