May - Northern Virginia Shag Club

Dedicated to the Preservation of the Carolina Shag and Beach Music
A Proud
Member of:
Shag Rag
President’s Corner
Volume XX, No. 5
by Dave Bushey
May 2014
Ahhhhhhh! Spring has
If you like to travel,
Dance
sprung
consider going down to
summer are Ashley and
Atlanta
Grand
Tobitha Stewart (who
Dance
also just happen to be
the
Pollen
upon
Dave Bushey
(a-choo!
Yup,
Vortex
us!).
And,
is
it’s
Party Season!
Fredericksburg
May
10th
for
annual
National
Championships
The Band of Oz returns
to
for
on
the
Virginia
Gentlemen
Party.
Check it out! Many of
over
the
long
Memorial
for
Weekend!
the
Should we invite them,
superior dancing. AND,
too?).
it’s quite a Party, too.
Hamer
Show Band, so this is a
Mountain Boogie Walk,
Can’t Miss Party.
Bru s hy
Fairfax
Hunt
Sunday,
May
We’l l
s u ppl y
on
18th.
th e
Moun tain ’s
Shag
Club
Palmetto
Shag
Sou thern
Check
Dance,
Club’s
Comfort.
them
out
And,
right
now,
soft drinks. You bring
July
26th
on
an appetizer, a salad or
calendar
a dessert.
Garden
bottle of …
on
www.shagdance.com.
burgers and franks and
And your
Shag
It’s quite a spectacle of
include Beckley’s 20th
with a Big Picnic at the
Junior
… what do you think?
Some other May Parties
celebrating
the
Dance Team, so MAYBE
Beach
is
sponsors/mentors
Everyone
the
NVSC
this
should go at least once.
us consider BOZ to be
ultimate
Pros
your
for
NVSC’s
Party
Capital
Classic at the
Westin
put
Hotel!
Dulles
Our
Co-Chairs
and
Pam
Jeanne
Potter have some tricks
up
their
watch
your
Shaggers
Rags
sleeves,
in
week s !
and
the
so
Hello
Shag
Special points
of interest:
 NVSC Annual Picnic (page
3)
 Band of Oz in
Fredericksburg (page 4)
 2014 NVSC Capital Classic
(pages 5 & 6)
 Interview with a DJ (page 7
-8)
 Shag in Myrtle Beach (page
9-10)
 Seeking Club Historian
(page 10)Humor (page
12)
 Recipe (page 12)
 Beckley Boogie Walk (page
13)
coming
Pam
and
Jeanne will be looking
for some volunteers to
help on the logistics of
the Capital Classic.
Please
NVSC
volunteer
doesn’t
…
work
without YOUR help!
See you on the dance
floor!
Inside this
issue:
When and Where to
Dance
Through the National
2, 11
Lessons & DJs
2
New Members
3
Birthdays
4
FastDance Association,
our club dance
activities are licensed
by:
Due to increased costs, primarily in red meats, the Elk's Lodge has been
forced to raise dinner pricing to $9.00, effective May 7, 2014.
News and
Announcements
10
Contact Information
14
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When
and
Where
to Shag
Every Wednesday, 6:30 – 10:30 p.m. at the Elks Lodge, 8421 Arlington Blvd., Fairfax, VA (on
Route 50 near Prosperity Avenue). Cover charge: Non-members $6.00, members $5.00; free
lessons at 7:30 p.m., no partners needed. Buffet dinner 6:45 – 8:00p.m., $9.00, or order from
the menu. For example, Appetizers (Buffalo Wings, Quesadilla, etc.), Salads (Caesar, Chef),
Burgers & Sandwiches (Bacon & Blue, Pulled Pork BBQ).
See more
places to dance
with other ACSC
Virginia Shag
Clubs, listed on
page 5.
May 4th and 18th at JW & Friends, 6531 Backlick Road, Springfield, VA, 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.; no cover
charge
Thursdays at Shannon’s Bar & Grille, Fredericksburg; Battlefield Boogie Club
(battlefieldboogieclub.com)
Dance Lessons at the Elks on Wednesdays
DJ Schedule
Beginner Level Shag Steps
Intermediate Level Shag Steps
5/7 – Basic and Female Turn
5/7 – Crossover Basic (from Male and Female Turns)
5/14 – Basic and Start
5/14 – Behind Sailor & Side Pass
5/21: Eddie O’Reilly
5/21 – Basic and Male Turn
5/21 – Applejack
5/28: Eddie O’Reilly
5/28 – Basic, Half Turn, Triple Basic
5/28 – Stutter Basic & Kick Basic
5/7: Craig Jennings
5/14: Dennis Gehley
Beginner lessons are FREE to non-members,
but membership is required for the Intermediate class. Membership is $25/year.
Lessons begin at 7:30 p.m.
Social dancing from before and after lessons to 10:30 p.m.
Please remember to ask Red Dot beginner dancers to dance.
It takes lots of practice to become a better dancer!
Volume XX, No. 5
Page 3
Welcome to our
New members…
Margie Crisp
Diane McGibbon
NVSC Picnic
May 18
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Band of Oz at
Fredericksburg,
May 10th
Virginia Gentlemen’s
Spring Dance and Beach Party
to benefit Rappahannock Big Brother's Big Sisters
SATURDAY MAY 10, 2014
8:00PM TO MIDNIGHT
FREDERICKSBURG EAGLES
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01
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01
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02
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04
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04
Jane Totman
06
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07
Louise Brown
08
Jeff Kincheloe
09
Gary Koerner
09
Heidi Mackey
10
Joanne Sinclair
10
Rick Green
12
Christine
Werner
15
Audrey
Anderson
19
Bob Lutz
19
Joan McKinney
20
Ann Shimel
24
Kevin Goeller
25
Betty Elliott
26
Joan Ledebur
26
Joe Miante
28
Anita Simpkins
28
Colleen Hoar
29
Robert
Matthews
29
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31
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Don’t Miss the Capital Classic!
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Volume XX, No. 5
Dennis Gehley, how did you become a DJ?
An interview by Jim Scanlon
How did you end up in the
business of being a DJ?
Maurice or the Gladiolas. But
and I plug their favorite(s) into
when that Philadelphia glee club
the playlist. I try to show no
Three factors contributed to my
started out with the cow bell and
favoritism
25 year part-time career as a
t h e
mobile DJ: (1) a Catholic Youth
Diamonds’
Organization
toward
anyone.
It
t o
t h e
does not matter to me whether
(Canada)
“Little
or not we are friends. What
in
Darlin”, you would have thought
matters to me is that you like to
1960; (2) a performance at the
that Elvis had just walked into
dance, you have a favorite song
Bishop O’Connell High School
the
gym.
The
girls
or
gymnasium in 1962 by a singing
screaming
and
yelling
and
obligation to play what you like,
group from Philadelphia; and (3)
yanking and pulling on their
not what I think you should
sweaters
dance to.
my
20th
(CYO)
wedding
dance
anniversary
1. In 1960, I attended my first
CYO dance after graduating from
grade
Elementary
at
St.
School
James
in
and
started
stomping
their
feet. Because it was a Catholic
present from my wife Nancy.
8th
i nt ro
Falls
Church, VA. When I arrived at
the dance, all the girls were
standing on one side of the
room, talking to each other, and
all the boys were doing the
same thing on the other side of
the room. In walked Charlie
Boone, who put down his 45
RPM “record player”, plugged it
into the wall socket, and put
some 45 RPM records on the
high school in the early 60s,
there was no throwing of panties
onto the stage as eventually
would happen with Elvis or Tom
Jones, but that did not matter to
me.
The
spontaneous
outpouring of female emotion
after hearing a song that struck
them like lightening made me
say, once again: “Self, that is
what YOU want to do someday –
be the guy to play the music
both sides of the room came to
$3,000 (of “my” money, she
the middle of the dance floor
said) to buy equipment and CDs
and started dancing with each
and start a DJ business. So I
other. The rest of us backed
did. She became my partner in
away to watch. I said to myself
the DJ booth for 19 years until
then and there: “Self, that is
cancer reduced the partnership
what YOU want to do someday –
to one in 2008.
Nancy
wedding
me
What influences your
decision about what music
you play for our Wednesday
night dances and for some of
our NVSC special events?
entire
My Wednesday night play lists
school was assembled in the
are influenced largely by (1)
gym to hear a medley of show
who shows up and (2) what
tunes, pop standards, and finally
songs people like to dance to
a rock and roll tune (originally
week
done by Maurice Williams and
year.
the
Gladiolas
(later
Zodiacs)
from Lancaster, South Carolina).
Of course, none of the kids in all
-white
Arlington
O’Connell
had
ever
High
in
heard
of
there
are
certain
songs
like
“Lady Soul” by the Temptations
and “I Used to Cry Mercy Mercy”
by the Lamplighters that are
guaranteed to put dancers on
the
floor.
“Stay”
by
Maurice
Williams and the Zodiacs. “Hey,
Baby!” by Bruce Chanel. “Just
One Look” by Doris Troy. You
get the picture.
Classic, I always ask the Classic
Coordinator if I can play on
Sunday morning, specifically the
Gospel Hour from 9:00 to 10:00
and the finale from 10:00 to
12:00. It is a pretty laid back
time for everyone and I like to
be the DJ who puts the cap on
the weekend. For the Shag-Atempo stuff so that the dancers
that makes people want to come
The
year after year . . .” means that
Thon, I choose mostly moderate
be the guy to play the music
O’Connell.
2. “What songs people like . . .
and the Shag-A-Thon. For the
gave
Bishop
DJ
mean the Capital Shag Classic
anniversary,
its “Glee” club to perform at
a
will figure this out.
song played, the dancers on
In 1962, a Catholic boys’
have
“Special events” to me usually
3. In 1989, for our 20
high school in Philadelphia sent
I
come out and DANCE!” The guys
spindle. As soon as the first
2.
and
that makes the LADIES want to
th
out and DANCE!”
two,
after
week,
year
after
1. “Who shows up” means that
don’t
tire
too
early
in
the
afternoon.
We would like for our
members to get to know you
better. I think one of the
reasons why you do not
receive the compliments you
deserve is because the
members don’t know enough
about you and what you do to
prepare to give a delightful
evening of dance music.
I know certain ladies, certain
I basically look at what I played
men, and certain couples have a
the last time I was in the booth
favorite song or two. I make a
and make sure that I get the
mental note when I see them
right balance between old stuff
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Interview with Dennis Gehley, cont’d
and new stuff. My experience
get
a
did not play the last time out of
over 15 years as a DJ for NVSC
potential partner, and/or they
the chute. Line dance requests
is that most dancers are very
are too shy to ask someone to
tend to ebb and flow. A hot line
traditional,
dance. Or they just like to get
dance for several months will
comfortable with hearing 80% to
some
exercise
recede after a while, often being
90% of songs that they are
without someone hanging onto
added to the line dance songs
already familiar with and have
them.
we will always ask for. Other
that
is,
they
are
heard before, and danced to
before, and only 10% to 20% of
new stuff. If you try to introduce
too much new stuff all at once,
dance
crowds,
like
herds
of
deer, start to get a little skittish.
asked
to
dance
independent
by
Some line dances are very songspecific, that is, when you hear
that song you know what steps
For
remember the line dance songs
CONTACT
Dave Bushey at
dbushey99@gmail.
com
for details.
example,
can
anybody
line dances are so traditional
that we used to do the J.C. Strut
And then they throw themselves
that you can use any number of
to?
on the windshield of your car.
songs to go with line dances
Down & Dirty? I rest my case.
(Just kidding!)
such as the Bus Stop, Carolina
Also, how do you decide to
play line-dance music and
what specific line dance do
you choose for us?
Shag Rag!
shag music history.
Slide, Biker Shuffle, etc. Other
and Tush Push.
Advertise Your
to become a mere footnote in
to do: Electric Slide, Cha Cha
Mambo, Charleston, Continental,
Business in the
songs/dances fall by the wayside
someone
asks
Capital
Classic?
The
I hope this gives you some
insight into what goes on in the
DJ’s head while trying to keep
a
everyone happy and dancing at
specific line dance and I have
NVSC events. It’s not just a job,
the music, that pretty much
it is an adventure. See you on
I like to play one line dance each
decides the one line dance I will
the dance floor!
Wednesday
some
play for the evening. If no one
people, unfortunately, do not
asks, I will select a dance that I
because
If
The
me
for
Volume XX, No. 5
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Shag is still popular in the Myrtle Beach area
30 years after becoming the state dance
This article is
By Jo Ann Mathews, for The Sun News April 10, 2014
Editor, The Sun
reprinted with the
permission of
Carolyn Murray,
News, PO Box 406,
Thirty years ago on April 10,
and other clubs, specifically on
More than 100 shag clubs across
Myrtle Beach,
1984, Gov. Richard Riley signed
Ocean Drive, also referred to as
the U.S. are active today, dance
SC 29578
Act No. 329 designating the
OD and O.D. That all changed
competitions
shag the official dance of South
with Hurricane Hazel in 1954.
activities that attract shaggers
Carolina.
Carolinians
their
Native
grew
parents
South
up
talk
hearing
about
it,
watching their parents do it and
taking lessons themselves.
North
Myrtle
Beach
One of the clubs that has a
history
from
the
1950s
and
maintains a “shag only” policy is
Fat Harold’s Beach Club at 212
Main St. in North Myrtle Beach.
residents
It has won “Beach Club of the
Charlie Womble and his wife,
Year”
Jackie McGee, are multiple-time
prepared for SOS Spring Safari.
national
shag champions and
are in the Shaggers Hall of Fame
and Swing Dance Hall of Fame.
They are avid teachers of the
dance, hold workshops and have
been giving free lessons during
11
times
and
was
Ron Amick, Fat Harold’s nephew
who began working for his uncle
in 1968, said nobody thinks of
the
Spring
Safari
as
an
anniversary.
“People shag all year round,” he
Spring Safari April 4-13 in North
said.
event that
attracts thousands of devoted
shaggers every year.
When
asked
how
shag
Womble had a ready answer.
“It’s how you move,” he said.
“In the shag, we go up and back
in accordion fashion. We use one
hand. The guy is more active.”
is
in
contrast
to
dances in which the partners go
side-to-side,
in
a
circle
or
forward and backward. The shag
consists of six counts, which are
the key to doing it correctly.
What makes the shag unique is
“how you move your body and
your
feet
within
manager,
the
basic
the
began
club’s
office
working
for
The Association of Carolina Shag
Clubs Inc. operates to preserve
and
promote
the
shag
and
coordinates activities among the
clubs.
It
also
manages
and
operates SOS.
Ron Whisenant of Little River has
been
president of SOS
since
2000 and a shagger since high
school. He said the highlight of
SOS Spring Safari is the parade,
but the best part is reuniting
“It’s like a family reunion,” he
we
enjoy
besides
the
great
dance and the great music.”
Womble explained that the shag
is passed on from parents to
anniversary,” she said. “I was
their children and the dance is
really not aware of it.”
taught in South Carolina schools.
She recalls, however, the actual
proclamation in 1984.
The Junior Shag Association and
Junior Society of Stranders are
open to young people. Quick
all
said Harold’s has a junior shag-
dressed up. So many dignitaries
in social the first Saturday of
showed up for the tea we had on
each
the beach. You don’t really have
children
tea on the beach.”
participate.
Does she shag?
Zachary McDonald, 31, of North
remember
Harold
got
“After four white Russians, I’m
the best out there,” she said
with a hearty laugh.
Gary
The origin of the shag isn’t
director at Fat Harold’s, came to
the
Bass,
club
as
entertainment
a
month
as
and
teens
young as
and
age 4
Myrtle Beach, said he’s a thirdgeneration shagger and was in
Junior SOS. He was named to
Keepers of the Dance, an honor
count,” Womble said.
definite, but it appeared in the
take place throughout the year.
“There’s nothing special for the
“I
other
and
said. “It’s a great camaraderie
Quick,
Harold in 1980.
the
differs from other dances today,
This
Lulu
held
with shagger friends.
the SOS (Society of Stranders)
Myrtle Beach, an
are
disc
jockey
bestowed
on
shaggers
who
former
junior
continue
to
participate and keep the shag
mid-1940s after World War II,
decades ago.
alive. In October 2014 he will be
possibly around Virginia Beach,
“If you wanted to be a DJ
Fame.
Va. It traveled south, becoming
a hit in Carolina Beach, N.C.,
and continuing south where it
has made North Myrtle Beach its
ultimate
home.
In
the
early
1950s, the shag centered on the
O.D. Pavilion, Roberts Pavilion
relative to beach music, you
came to Fat Harold’s,” he said.
Bass knows the history of the
shag
and
remembers
Fat
Harold’s as the mecca for the
shag.
inducted into the Shag Hall of
“I decided I was going to have
fun. That’s what it’s all about,”
he said.
He explained that only about
100
members
were
junior
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Shag is still popular in the Myrtle Beach, cont’d
shaggers when he was growing
said and praised the events and
Books about the shag include
up, but now there are about
acti viti es
is
“And the Bands Played On” and
2,000 members.
experiencing
SOS
“Fat Harold, The Legendary King
the
of Shag” by Howie Thompson
“They are keeping our state
dance alive,” he said.
“The
shag
lifestyle
is
a
wonderful lifestyle,” Whisenant
Spring
the
group
through
Safari.
“This
is
Garden of Eden for us.”
and “Save the Last Dance for
More information about the shag
is
at
www.shagdance.com.
Me, a Love Story of the Shag
and the Society of Stranders” by
Phil Sawyer and Tom Poland.
News and Announcements
Where do I Get a Copy of
Hello Shagger Emails
the Shag Rag?
Go to the
you getting the Hello Shagger
Anyone with information to be
w e b s i t e ,
N V S C
Are
Hello
Shagger
Change
e-mails? If not, you visit our
included in the Hello Shagger
on
website at www.nvshag.org.
email (including DJ schedules
Newsletters tab, click on the
On the left side, click on the
and menus) should send the
month you want. It’s in PDF
blue
i n f o r m a t i o n
format. Also, copies will be
Shagger e-mail list" and give
helloshagger@nvshag.org,
available at the Fairfax Elks
us your e-mail address!
instead of sending directly to
www.nvshag.org,
click
box
that
says
on Wednesdays.
Keep Your Membership Information Current
"Hello
t o
Donna Romito.
Have you moved, changed phone numbers or
email? Contact Bonnie Arms at bjrwa@verizon.net or Dave Bushey at dbushey99@gmail.com.
Shag Rag
The deadline for Shag Rag input is the 25th of every month. Please send content
(including opinions, humor and recipes!) to Jim Scanlon at jamesscanlon@me.com.
NVSC is Seeking a Club Historian!
The NVSC sorely needs someone to volunteer to be its historian. Highlighting this
need is that Larry Camp has all of the Shag Rags from the onset of the club in
several binders. He would like to get rid of them and they would be invaluable for
historical reasons. One of our NVSC members will pick them up at SOS and have
them available for our historian; they provide an excellent starting point for
compiling our club’s history.
To
volunteer for this important position,
dbushey99@gmail.com.
please contact Dave Bushey at
Volume XX, No. 5
When and Where to Dance in the Future (Take a
few minutes to enter these on your calendar)
2014:
When
What
Where
May 18th
NVSC Picnic
Fairfax Hunt Club
June 22
NVSC Sunday Social
TBD
July 26
NVSC Classic
Westin Hotel in Herndon
May 16-17
Beckley WV’S Boogie Walk
www.beckleyshagclub.com
August 1-3
Richmond Shag Club’s Boogie on the James
Www.RichmondShagClub.org
August 23
Battlefield Boogie Club’s Anniversary Party
Fredericksburg Country Club
August 22-24
Beckley WV’S Hangar Party
www.beckleyshagclub.com
September 12-21
SOS Fall Migration
North Myrtle Beach
September 16
NVSC’s SOS Party at Fat Harold’s,
Fat Harold’s 2-4 p.m.
October 25
NVSC’s Shagathon
Herndon Community Center
October 24-26
DC Hand Dance Assn.’s Amish Country Fall
Event
TBD
December 13
NVSC’s Christmas Party
Kingstowne Snyder Community Center , Alexandria, VA
2015:
Association of Carolina Shag Clubs (ACSC) Summer Workshop July 10-12, 2015 at the Hyatt
Dulles Hotel. This is a huge 3-day shag event. The presidents of all the Association’s shag clubs
will be attending as well as other members from their clubs. It is one humongous party that will
include dancing, many dance workshops, vendors galore, huge 50/50’s, dancing, Friday and
Saturday Free Pours (& maybe Thursday!!), dancing exhibitions. And did we say dancing??
Other ACSC Virginia Shag Clubs
Visit the club websites for venues and schedules.
Battlefield Boogie Club, www.battlefieldboogieclub.com
Boogie On The Bay Shag Club, www.boogieonthebay.com
Colonial Shag Club (Newport News), www.colonialshagclub.com
Danville Shag Club, www.danvilleshagclub.com
Franklin Shag Club, gramelia@yahoo.com
Lynchburg Shag Club, www.lynchburgshags.com
Richmond Shag Club, www.richmondshagclub.org
Roanoke Valley Shag Club, www.rvsc.memberlodge.com
Virginia Beach Shag Club, www.vbshagclub.com
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Places
to Shag
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Humor
recipes and humor
to the Shag Rag
Tom had been in business for 25 years. Finally sick of the stress, he quits his job and buys 50 acres of
editor, Jim
land in Alaska as far from humanity as possible. He sees the postman once a week and gets groceries
Scanlon,
jamesscanlon@me.
com
once a month. Otherwise it's total peace and quiet.
After six months or so of almost total isolation, someone knocks on his door. He opens it and a huge,
bearded man is standing there.
"Name's Cliff, your neighbor from forty miles up the road.
Having a Christmas party Friday night.
Thought you might like to come at about 5:00."
"Great", says Tom. "After six months out here I'm ready to meet some local folks. Thank you."
As Cliff is leaving, he stops. "Gotta warn you. Be some drinking."
"Not a problem" says Tom. "After 25 years in the business, I can drink with the best of 'em".
Again, the big man starts to leave and stops. "More 'n' likely gonna be some fighting' too."
"Well, I get along with people, I'll be all right! I'll be there. Thanks again."
"More'n likely be some wild sex, too."
"Now that's really not a problem" says Tom, warming to the idea. "I've been all alone for six months! I'll
definitely be there. By the way, what should I wear?"
"Don't much matter. Just gonna be the two of us."
Recipe
(from Fran Mong)
BAKED BRIE
1 wheel of brie (large or small)
Brown Sugar
Pecans, chopped
Slice the brie in half, cover the entire surface with brown sugar, top with pecans (as many or as
few as you prefer —- many is better). Add the other half of the brie, cover the entire surface with
brown sugar, top with pecans and bake uncovered in a 350 degree oven until the brie begins to
melt, serve with pita chips, crackers or small slices of crusty bread. Enjoy!
Volume XX, No. 5
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Board Meetings
are held each
month and are
open to any and
all members in
good standing
who wish to
attend. Unless a
certain matter is
placed on the
meeting agenda,
attendance is for
observation, not
participation.
Since board
meetings may
not take place at
the same time
Shag Rag
2014 Board
President
Dave Bushey
703-338-1563
dbushey99@gmail.com
Vice President
Ed Hamer
703-508-5974
ed_hamer@yahoo.com
Secretary
Bonnie Arms
703-370-2336
bjrwa@verizon.net
Treasurer
Mark Hendrickson 703-282-1033
markandgolf@verizon.net
Director-at-large Pamela Alfano
202-414-9312
palfano1@verizon.net
Director-at-large Sue Young
571-340-0043
suey@theaeap.com
Director-at-large Ken Morford
202-465-5970
kwm1719@yahoo.com
Director-at-large Fran Mong
703-283-6973
franmong@aol.com
Director-at-large Jason Potter
703-220-6697
jasonpotter2@msn.com
and place every
month, please
alert the
Secretary at least
one week in
advance if you
NVSC COMMITTEES/CHAIRS FOR 2014
*
Audit
Fern Siegler
Capital Classic
Pam Hamer, Jeanne Potter and Juanita
Freeburger
*
Shag-A-Thon
Not named
*
Dance
Pamela Alfano
Hello Shaggers
Donna Romito (helloshagger@nvshag.org)
Historian
Not named
*
Membership
Bonnie Arms
*
Music
Fran Mong
Newsletter Editor
Jim Scanlon (jamesscanlon@me.com)
Newsletter Publisher
Maryann Lesnick (mlesnick@mlesnick.com)
Photographer
John Romito
*
Public Relations
Dale & Huda Woodiel
*
Social/Hospitality
Jeanne Potter
Sunshine
Maryann Lesnick (mlesnick@mlesnick.com)
Web Site
Loren Kropat (webmaster@nvshag.org)
wish to attend
(so that we may
accommodate
you). Copies of
Board Meeting
Minutes may be
available on the
www.nvshag.org
website, or you
may request
copy(s) from the
Club Secretary.
"The Internal Revenue
Service notified NVSC on
April 19, 1999, that we
have been accepted as a
non-profit social club
* Denotes Standing Committee
exempted from paying
Federal income taxes.
Anyone interested in
reviewing NVSC's
application and
supporting documents
provided to IRS, the IRS
exemption letter, or the
club's annual Form 990
to the IRS, please
contact the club
Treasurer."
BORROWING SHAG VIDEOS..... is easy!!!
Whether you have taken all of the shag classes offered at NVSC or are just looking for new
steps or tips on technique... our club has a constantly growing library of shag instructional DVD
or videos. These DVD’s contain more steps and tips than you can shake a stick at and they're
FREE to club members! All you have to do is put down a REFUNDABLE$25 deposit.
SUE YOUNG on Wednesday nights to borrow or purchase a DVD or video!!!
See
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Shag Rag
About Our Organization…
Organization
Northern Virginia Shag Club (NVSC) was organized to preserve
Do we have a logo?
the Carolina Shag dance and its accompanying Beach music. NVSC
dances the Carolina Shag every Wednesday night at:
Elk’s Lodge, 8421 Arlington Blvd, Fairfax, VA
Come join us — learn the Carolina Shag! Free beginner lessons begin at
7:30 p.m. A Buffet dinner is available for purchase. Social dancing is
from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m.
General Inquiries: shaglist@nvshag.org
Membership: membership@nvshag.org
Webmaster: webmaster@nvshag.org
Hello Shagger: helloshagger@nvshag.org
Dedicated to the Preservation
of
Carolina Shag
WE’RE
and
ON THE
Beach Music
WEB!
WWW.NVSHAG. ORG
AND
ON
F ACEBOOK
AT
“ N ORTHERN V IRGINIA S HAG C LUB”
Shag Rag
NORTHERN VIRGINIA SHAG CLUB
P.O. Box 2298
Merrifield, VA 22116
COME JOIN US!