The reason why i ask, is that they both seem to have similar themes. Both started around the same time mid sixties. Both are predominantly made up of white people who enjoy dancing to African American RnB ,Soul, and a lot of the dance moves are similar albeit that the Americans tend to dance as pairs. They both encompass spins and drops,and even the use of talc on the dancfloor. You only have to go on Youtube to find that some of the artists are the ones that we know and love, Willie Tee, The showmen, Percy sledge, Garnett Mimms, and the Dells to name a few.

It's not EXACTLY the same ......

... but it is just about the US equivalent of NS.

Loads of 'old track's reissued on Beach labels as well (some legal, some boots).

I went to a couple of Shag dances in Myrtle beach and got talking to a few people. Then showed them some footage on my phone of Blackpool weekender dance comp. they thought it great, and preety similar.

I love it personally, although some of the fellas take it a tad too seriously..........

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I see the resemblance

They're not as touchy about their music as the NS crowd. They include rock'n'roll and brand new recordings in their playlists. They're also more into live music, but I guess they're in a better position than us there.

I occasionally pick up an old soul show on one or the other Carolina radio stations and they have some great material on there (And some dodgy covers), but the newer stuff often uses programmed backings, and that's anathema to me.

I do love their dance records though. 'Shut up and shag' is a particular favourite...

No.

I've just noticed that they hold the occasional Beach Party and Shag contest at Wanker's Corner.

You couldn't make it up...

Edited June 21, 201212 yr by JJMMWGDuPree

Not in Carolina, but in Oregon - Would you eat here? I wouldn't fancy the dip.....

https://www.wankerscorner.com/pages/menu/wankers_menu.pdf

The reason why i ask, is that they both seem to have similar themes. Both started around the same time mid sixties. Both are predominantly made up of white people who enjoy dancing to African American RnB ,Soul, and a lot of the dance moves are similar albeit that the Americans tend to dance as pairs. They both encompass spins and drops,and even the use of talc on the dancfloor. You only have to go on Youtube to find that some of the artists are the ones that we know and love, Willie Tee, The showmen, Percy sledge, Garnett Mimms, and the Dells to name a few.

It probably is, don't forget the current US rare soul scene, it's pretty big :

https://windycitysoulclub.com/

The Belgian Popcorn scene is a parallel world with the UK NS scene, born in the very early 70s, 60s soul music (when it started) totally underground, full of politics and posy DJs, sellers, collectors and matrix reading anoraks and to top it all it's in the north of the country.

There's a number of books about the beach scene ......

One that deals with the history of it's development & how Shagging came about is up on Google Books (in part ) .... go here ....

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=24N5hiaZVPUC&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=Shag:+Dancing+On+The+Edge&source=bl&ots=VVXtqUPmri&sig=LLSg7fcub6hmp9hEfLGP8j9QfKc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HTweULiXGeOe0QXakYHgCA&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAA#v=

Although 'Shagging' seems to date back to the 1930's & people in the Carolinas were already doing it on a regular basis (no oooh, arr missis, here please), it's the scene as it grew up in the 60's that I guess is of most interest to us here.

One of the top 'beach' venues back in the mid 60's was the Folly Beach Pier, located at a holiday resort not too far outside of Charleston.

A beach scene dance held at the Folly Beach Pier back then .......

Shagging has been going on since time began Roburt .lol

Don't you just love the way words have different meanings in different countries

Nev, I said no 'oooh arr missis' type comments were allowed !!!

Edited August 5, 201212 yr by Roburt