September - Society of Brunswick Shaggers

The Official Newsletter of the Society of Brunswick Shaggers
PO BOX 274, Oak Island, NC 28465
Visit our website at: http://www.societyofbrunswickshaggers.com
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Message from our President…
Executive Committee Minutes
2
Meet Some of Our Members
3
Welcome New SOBS & Guests
4
September Birthdays
4
September DJs Bios
5
Shag Lessons
6
Dance / Party Schedule
7
Uplink Information Letter
8
Uplink Solicitation Letter
9
Uplink Flyer
10
SOS - Places to Dance
11
SOS - Fun Sunday & Monday
12
August Dance Pictures
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SOBS Membership Form
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We are continuing to have a good turnout at all of our dances. August gave us 2 great evenings of dancing and socializing. I have always seemed to live for the summer, swimming, Surfing and Shag dancing.
Sounds good to me!
I enjoy seeing the level of participation of so many of our club members. Thank you to our members
who stay after our dances to help and clean up so that it goes very quickly. We still need volunteers to
sign up to be Door Greeters and do the 50/50 at our upcoming dances. Both of these offer opportunities to get to know other club members.
At the September 9th dance at the VFW, VP Chuck Boney, Gary Goldenbaum and I will be cooking
hamburgers and hot dogs for our club members. Come out and enjoy this “Dog Days of Summer”
evening with dancing and good food.
SOS Fall Migration is right around the corner. We still have a few SOS cards left. SOS will bring us 10
days of dancing and good times and, of course, our traditional SOS “Free Pour” at the OD Pavilion. DJ
Claude Collins will probably be playing that Saturday afternoon. He usually plays for our club twice a
year. Buy some Fun Monday tickets from Chuck Boney, come out see some great dancing, be inspired
and enjoy the SOS activities. If you have questions please feel free to contact me.
Operation Uplink will be here before you know it. I hope that you all are making plans to attend and
enjoy these good times. Remember to ask your businesses to make donations for our raffles and auction. We have brought back the distribution to our club members of the Operation Uplink tickets which
will help with the fundraising total. Let me know if you have any questions, concerns, or want to help
out. This is our opportunity to show our veterans and active duty soldiers how much we care. We have a
number of veterans in our club who know how important this is.
Our next board meeting is September 8th at the VFW at 6 PM. Let us know if there are club issues that we
need to address. New nametags are being passed out, remember yours! If you haven’t picked it up yet,
see me at the next dance, I always have them. We hope to see you all on the dance floor sometime this
month.
SEPTEMBER 9
“DOG DAYS” SHAG DANCE @
John Hutton, President
OAK ISLAND VFW
SEPTEMBER 17
SOS - SOBS “FREE POUR”
@ OD PAVILION
SEPTEMBER 23
“END OF SUMMER”
SHAG DANCE @ OAK
ISLAND MOOSE LODGE
2016 Society of Brunswick Shaggers Board Members...
John Hutton, President
Joe Malinowski, Newsletter & Membership
Chuck Boney, Vice President
Ellen Wester, Immediate Past President
Mary Ann Gregory, Secretary
Diani Johnson, Treasurer
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Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, August 11, 2016...
Present: John Hutton, Chuck Boney, Mary Ann Gregory, Diani Johnson, Ellen Wester
Guests: Katie O’Neill, Rob Johnson
Meeting was called to order by John at 6:00 PM.
Secretary‘s Report: A motion to accept the Secretary’s Report was made, seconded and approved by the
Committee members in attendance.
Treasurer’s Report: Diani gave the Treasurer’s report from July; the bank balance is $2,661.29
We have
$250.00 in the cash box. Motion was made to accept Treasurer’s report as is and seconded and approved
by the Committee members in attendance.
Old Business: The attendance for our July dances was 39 at the VFW and around 72 at the Moose Lodge.
New Business: SOBS “Free Pour” at OD Pavilion on Saturday, September 17th from 1:00 until...!
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September 9th: DJ Eddie Baker at the VFW. Chuck and John will be our grill chefs for the evening with
“Hot Dogs & Hamburgers On the Club.” Theme will be “Dog Days of Summer!”
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September 23rd: DJ Robert Carter at the Moose Lodge. Theme is “End of Summer and Welcome Fall!”
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October 14th: DJ Gene Sistare at the VFW. Theme to be announced
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October 28th: DJ John Hook at the Moose Lodge for Operation Uplink.
SOS Fun Monday: Chuck Boney has raffle tickets available for $10.00 each. Tickets from Fun Monday help
pay for the two days of music but also helps support the Association of Carolina Shag Clubs.
Name Tags: Are now available, if you have not picked yours up you can do so at the next dance.
Operation Uplink: Katie O’Neill will chair this event again this year and please start seeking donations now.
Operation Uplink tickets will be passed out at dances through September 9 th then will be mailed out to the
remaining members who have not received them.
Next meeting will be Thursday, September 8th 6:00 PM at VFW. Meeting adjourned at 6:30 PM.
Minutes Submitted by:
Mary Ann Gregory, Secretary
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Meet Some of Our Members...
Ron & Tanya Nickson... Ron and
Tanya Nickson left the snow and traffic
of Northern Virginia 1 ½ years ago to
enjoy the ocean and year round activities of this lovely area that we all call
home.
They met 51 years ago when
Tanya was a college student in Virginia
and Ron was a young Army Lieutenant
from Colorado serving his ROTC obligation at Ft. Belvoir, VA. There must
have been something magical at that
dance where they met – they are coming up on 50 years of marriage! Their
family includes a son, who is a firefighter in Oregon, and his wife and 2 children and a Virginia
-based son-in-law and daughter, who home schools their 8 year son.
Ron telecommutes to his office in DC and is the Vice President of Building Codes for the National Multi-Family Housing Council. He loves to bicycle and sail and is always looking for sailing companions. Tanya teaches fitness classes, is an Artisan with the St. James Artisans and is
a belly dancer. They were team members of the Northern Virginia Country Western Dance Association Performance Team and enjoyed entertaining audiences throughout Northern Virginia.
Prior to their current professions, Ron was a homebuilder with two partners. During that time,
Tanya was a high school and college mathematics instructor. They later went into business
together and designed and built custom homes.
Tanya, the eternal dance-lover of the two, quickly honed in on Shag Dancing when they arrived in NC. Finding Chuck and Sandy Boney was just what was needed to get them going with
Shag lessons. The Boneys introduced them to the SOBS, which they quickly joined. They are
looking forward to classes starting up in the fall so that Chuck can add some razzle-dazzle to
their repertoire of steps.
They love the atmosphere of each SOBS dance and appreciate everyone’s friendliness. They
look forward to helping out wherever
they can.
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WELCOME to our New Members, Re-Ups & Guests...
WELCOME TO THE SOBS OUR NEWEST MEMBERS…
BILL & KAREN CRITCHER, MARK & APRIL TRULL, CHERYL WILSON!
The August 12th “Beach Time #1” dance at the VFW was a nice fun-filled event with DJ Mike Hudson keeping the dance floor full. We had 56 SOBS and 5 members from the Northern Virginia Shag Club, Coastal
Shag Club and OD Shag Club. Thank you to all the members who brought salads/pasta salads and desserts and shared their goodies with us.
Our August 26th “Beach Time #2” dance had a great showing at the Moose Lodge. Ever popular DJ Terry
McPhail was great as he played his extensive collection of beach music and kept 56 SOBS, 10 guests and
2 members from Coastal Shag Club dancing the whole evening!
GUESTS @ AUGUST 12 DANCE
Kelly Bradley
Sonny & Debbie Gentry
Mark & April Trull
GUESTS @ AUGUST 26 DANCE
Becky Farrar
Zeb & Charlie Hanner
Rob & Teresa Hyatt
Dave & Laura Bradt
Jim & Peggy Jordan
Mosley & Sandy Seely
Art Willetts
Ken Morford
Our September Birthdays...
5th… John Hutton
17th… Mary Lou McLeroy
7th… Tom Green
18th… Susan DeMeyer
10th… Mike Slowik
20th… Mark Trull
13th… Bill Critcher
22nd… Gay Rosenberg
13th… Janice Kowalchuk
24th… Joe Apicella
14th… Susan Albizu
29th… Sandy Brown
16th… Judy Kelley
29th… Dick Ely
17th… Chuck Elledge
30th… Steve Uhl
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September DJ Information...
Fellow SOBS… Have you been on the dance floor lately?
Summer has sure flown by.
DJ’s Mike Hudson and Terry McPhail sure kept the dance floor full in August. Katy
and I are continuing to enjoy Sunday afternoons dancing at the OD Pavilion with
other SOBS so c’mon down and join us. You can never tell who will show up. You
can watch the action on www.odpavilion.net webcam anytime, check out the music
and the crowd. What a way to spend the days.
We hope that you are having as
much fun as we are.
SOS Fall Migration is September 16th thru 25th - right around the corner. Our club’s “Free Pour” will be at the
OD Pavilion on Saturday, September 17th from 1 PM until the $$ runs out. We hope that you will come join in
the SOS fun! We usually gather at the OD Beach Club or OD Café in the Spanish Galleon complex. “Chigger
Woods” who DJ’s for our club will be playing there both SOS weekends.
Spinning the discs for our September dances will be:
Eddie Baker at the VFW, Friday, September 9th
and
Robert Carter at the Moose Lodge, Friday, September 23rd
Eddie has played for us several times. He lives in Wilmington, NC, and is well
regarded in the Shag Community, being involved with beach and shag music for
many years. Come out and enjoy another great evening with the good turnouts
at the VFW.
Our September 23rd DJ is our former club President Robert Carter. Robert and his wife Glenda
are longtime SOBS club members. Robert played
our club’s first Valentine’s dance and has been
playing for us ever since.
He began his DJ career at Shucker’s/Turtle Island on
Oak Island and has been associated with Beach, Shag, Boogie and Blues music
for the last 40+ years.
John Hutton, DJ Selection
From our Friends at Coastal Shag Club (CSC)...
This month is our “Fall Favor Shag Dance" on Saturday, September 17th, 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. Time: 7:00 to 10:30 PM, with DJ “Shagmonster” Mike Rogers. Fantastic non-smoking dance room with large wooden dance floor; 50/50; cash bar;
bring a snack or dessert to share. We’re also collecting canned goods to replenish our local
food pantry. We’re located just 20 minutes north of Ocean Drive and Main Street. Come join
Brunswick County's friendliest shag club!
Contact Pat Boyd at [email protected].
Visit their website at: www.coastalshagclub.org
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Learn or Sharpen up your Shag Steps...
Instructors: Chuck & Sandy Boney
On Thursdays: first class will be held on September 15
7 week session (from September 15-October 27)
Brunswick County Senior Center
1513 N. Howe Street, Southport, NC
Beginners 6:00-7:00 PM, Intermediate 7:00-8:00 PM
Instructors: John Hutton & Katy O’Neill
On Tuesdays: first class will be held on September 20
7 week session (from September 20-November 3)
Beginners 6:00-7:00 PM, Intermediate 7:00-8:00 PM
South Brunswick Island Center
9400 Ocean Highway 17 W, Carolina Shores, NC
$60 per person/$120 per couple
Offered by Brunswick County Parks and Recreation
For information:
Chuck Boney at 910.454.4150 or [email protected]
or
John Hutton at 910.201.9993 or [email protected]
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2016 Dance & Party Schedule (Subject to Change!)...
ALL DANCES BEGIN AT 6:00 PM, WITH MOST DANCES HAVING A SHAG OR LINE DANCE LESSON AT THE BEGINNING!
DATE
LOCATION
DJ
SEPTEMBER 9
OAK ISLAND VFW
EDDIE BAKER
SEPT 16-25
THEME
DOGS DAYS OF
SUMMER
FOOD
HAMBURGERS
& HOTDOGS
“ON THE CLUB”
DOOR
50/50
BILL & SANDY
DENNIS & ELAINE
BROWN
FAVER
LESSON
LINE DANCE
SOS FALL MIGRATION
(N. MYRTLE BEACH)
SOS FALL MIGRATION
SEPT 17
SOBS “FREE POUR”
OD PAVILION
SEPTEMBER 23
OCTOBER 14
OAK ISLAND
MOOSE LODGE
OAK ISLAND VFW
OAK ISLAND
OCTOBER 28
MOOSE LODGE
(OPERATION UPLINK)
NOVEMBER 6
NOVEMBER 11
THE LAZY TURTLE BAR
& GRILL, OAK ISLAND
OAK ISLAND VFW
THANKSGIVING DANCE
ROBERT CARTER
“END OF SUMMER - MOOSE CLUB
WELCOME FALL!”
DENNIS & ELAINE
GENE SISTARE
FAVER
“FESSA” JOHN
MOOSE CLUB
HOOK
MENU
COURTESY OF
TERRY McPHAIL
FRANK & MARY
ANN DARZANO
CLAUDE COLLINS
SHAG
MENU
LINE DANCE
SHAG
THE LAZY
TURTLE MENU
JIM & ANGELA
TRENT
LINE DANCE
OAK ISLAND
DECEMBER 10
MOOSE LODGE
JERRY BURRAGE
CHRISTMAS PARTY
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: www.shagdance.com
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Operation Uplink” on Friday, October 28, 2016...
Greetings Fellow SOBS,
It is with great excitement that we begin the preparations for our “Operation Uplink” event to be held on
Friday, October 28, 2016. This annual event includes a dance with legendary DJ John “Fessa” Hook, a Silent
auction and a multi item raffle. Dinner and a full cash bar will be available at the Moose Lodge.
All profits
from the event will be donated to the VFW’s Operation Uplink, providing free call days and Internet time to
service men and women across the globe. Hospitalized heroes here at home also benefit from the project.
Over the past 11 years the Society of Brunswick Shaggers has donated nearly $30,000 to this worthy cause.
Use this link for additional information: [email protected] or call (816) 968-1155.
We, your Auction Co-Chairs, are inviting you to contribute to the effort.
Please consider soliciting items
for our auction and raffles. Your community businesses and friends will only know of our event if you help
spread the word. A restaurant which you frequent may be interested in donating a gift certificate, a store
where you regularly shop may donate an item or a gift card. A letter and flyers to introduce our event is
provided on the next 2 pages for you to print out and take to your friends in the community. It provides a
place for you to document the donation in order to properly thank our business community members after
the event.
It also provides a receipt to the donor. You, yourself may be interested in donating your own
handiwork, whether it is a quilt, woodwork, artwork, jewelry or pottery piece. Please, only new, unused
items. Feel free to purchase items to donate. This is yet another way you can participate.
This year we will be mailing out 10 tickets for you to presell. You can sell these $5 tickets, purchase them
yourself or return them at the event. The ticket stubs will be collected and used for door prize drawings.
In order to plan for space and maintain organization we are asking you to get items to us as soon as possible. We will accept items on the day of event, but we would prefer to have them in hand by October 9 th, the
night of the dance at the VFW. Here are several delivery options: you may bring items to any of the dances,
you may drop off items at South Brunswick High School for Katy O’Neill, or call Patti or Katy at the numbers
provided and make arrangements to drop off at our homes. If you will be bringing a large item to the event
(grill, furniture, gardening table, etc.) please assure that one of us is informed! We don’t want to run out of
space!
Thanks for your support of this great event. Don’t hesitate to call either of us.
Co-Chairpersons
Katy O’Neill: (910) 201-9993
Patti Smith: (910) 515-2590
PO Box 274 - Oak Island, NC 28465
www.societyofbrunswickshaggers.com
Dear Community Member,
On Friday, October 28, 2016, the Society of Brunswick Shaggers will hold the 13th annual “Operation
Uplink” fundraiser at the Moose Lodge on Long Beach Rd, Oak Island. Our organization has donated
over $30,000 through the local VFW to provide US Service men and women with free call days and
Internet connections. Our event will include a dance with DJ John “Fessa” Hook, a Silent Auction, raffles,
a 50/50 drawing and door prizes.
Would your organization or business be willing to support our event through the donation of items
suitable for any of these categories? Examples of items donated in years past include gift cards, an
airplane ride, ceramics, a grill, jewelry, tote bags, coozies and services from area restaurants. If you prefer, we can accept monetary donations from your business. Your name will be entered into the door
prize drawing and your company’s name will be prominently featured on our Wall of Fame at the event.
The lower portion of this letter serves as your receipt for your donation. For any additional information
about your donation please contact the Auction Co-Chairpersons at the numbers listed below.
Thank you,
John Hutton
SOBS President
SOBS Club Member: ______________________________________________________________
Business or Individual:
_________________________________________________________
Item (s)/amount donated:________________________________________________________
*********************************************************************************************************************
Thank you for your donation of _______________________________________________to the Society of Brunswick Shaggers. Your donation will be used for the Operation Uplink auction, raffles or door prize giveaway. Operation Uplink provides free call days and internet services to US service men and women both
deployed and hospitalized here at home. For more information use this link: [email protected] or call
(816) 968-1155. We will look forward to adding your company’s name to our Wall of Fame at the event
on Friday, October 28, 2016.
Operation Uplink Co-Chairpersons
Katy O’Neill: (910) 201-9993
Patti Smith: (910) 515-2590
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Learn or Sharpen
up your Shag Steps...
th
12 Annual Beach Music Dance
& Charity Fundraiser
Friday, October 28, 2016
In the Ballroom of the Moose Lodge Family Center #2059
4239 Long Beach Road, Oak Island, NC
6-10 PM - Open to the Public
Door Prizes 50/50 Drawings Silent Auction Raffles
Music by Legendary DJ ‘Fessa’ John Hook
Shag Dancing!
$5 Donation – All Profits Donated to Charity
VFW Operation Uplink (Providing Free Phone Cards to Military Personnel)
Moose Lodge Feed the Veterans
Sponsored by the Society of Brunswick Shaggers
www.societyofbrunswickshaggers.com
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Places to Dance at North Myrtle Beach
SOS Fall Migration / September 16-25
The State of South Carolina has passed a law prohibiting smoking in bars and restaurants.
Most bars have an outdoor area for the smokers!
Fat Harold’s – On Main Street on the left going toward the ocean. Two dance floors are available. Food is available.
Duck’s and Duck’s Café – On main Street on the right going toward the ocean (across from Fat Harold’s). There are
two dance floors and food is available.
Pirate’s Cove – On Main Street on the right going toward the ocean just past Duck’s. There is one dance floor and food
is available.
OD Pavilion – On Ocean Blvd at the end of Main Street on the right. There is one dance floor open to the beach and the
ocean. NO SOS CARD NEEDED. Food is available.
Spanish Galleon – On Ocean Blvd at the end of Main Street on the left. Look on the street for signs advertising Bands.
No food.
OD Beach Club – On Ocean Blvd at the end of Main Street on the left. The OD Café and Tiki Bar are on the ocean front
beside the Galleon, There is an upstairs (OD Beach Club) dance floor and a downstairs (Tiki Bar) dance floor. The Upstairs Club may not be open all of the time. Food is available at times. The Society of Brunswick Shaggers usually
start out at the upstairs club around 7-8 PM on Friday and Saturday nights around 10-11 PM.
OD Arcade – On Ocean Blvd (turn right off of Main Street) on the right. There is one dance floor and has a porch. Food
is available all of the time.
MOST CLUBS OPEN IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON DAILY WITH VERY FEW DANCERS ON THE FLOORS AT THIS TIME!
You can easily walk to all of these venues. The parking lot behind the Pirate’s Cove may not be available. You may
have to park on the grass lot behind Fat Harold’s. Note that there is only one place that will allow you in without an
SOS Card or admission fee (OD Pavilion). You can also go to the SOS Website at www.shagdance.com and check on
any live entertainment offered at some of the Clubs and Dance Lessons available.
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Pictures from our August 12nd dance @VFW…
The August 12th “Beach Time #1” dance at the VFW was a nice fun-filled event with DJ Mike Hudson keeping the dance floor full. We had 56 SOBS and 5 members from the Northern Virginia Shag Club, Coastal
Shag Club and OD Shag Club. Thank you to all the members who brought salads/pasta salads and desserts and shared their goodies with us.
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Pictures from our August 26th dance @Moose Lodge…
Our August 26th “Beach Time #2” dance had a great showing at the Moose Lodge. Ever popular DJ Terry
McPhail was great as he played his extensive collection of beach music and kept 56 SOBS, 10 guests and
2 members from Coastal Shag Club dancing the whole evening!
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SOBS Membership Application Form (PLEASE PRINT!)…
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