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Save the last dance for me : a love story of the shag and the Society of Stranders / Phil Sawyer and Tom Poland.

Sawyer, Phil. (Author). Poland, Thomas M., 1949- (Added Author).

Summary:

"A history of the shag, South Carolina's state dance, and of the Society of Stranders, an organization of of dance clubs devoted to the shag and its culture"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781611170870
  • ISBN: 9781611170887
  • Physical Description: 176 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), facsimiles ; 23-24 cm
  • Publisher: Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, [2012]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue : Footprints in the sand -- Dancing along the coast -- Crossing the race line -- Music builds a bridge -- Legendary days at Ocean Drive -- The pad -- The Dark Ages -- A reunion, a revival -- The big fusion -- Love letters in the sand -- The music -- Into the future -- Appendices.
Subject:
Society of Stranders.
Shag (Dance) > History.
Shag (Dance) > South Carolina > History.
South Carolina > Social life and customs.

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  • 9 of 10 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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