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Carolina shag

The 'Carolina Shag' is a partner dance done primarily to Beach Music (100-130+ beats per minute in 4/4 time signature). Today, the Shag is a recognized dance in national and international dance competitions held across the United States.



The basic step in Carolina Shag is a six-count, eight-step pattern danced in a slot. The rhythm is similar to six-count Swing in that it is triple step, triple step, rock step or counted as "one-and-two, three-and-four, five-six". There are eight shag dance steps in the basic pattern. The "one-and-two" and "three-and-four" steps should take about as much time to complete as the "five-six."

Carolina Shag often bears only the faintest resemblance to other dances that share the "shag" designation.






In a 2014 episode of Steve Harvey, Harvey introduced a couple who danced the Carolina shag, and then Harvey disclosed that he has been studying and practicing the Carolina shag for an hour a day for the past year.[2]

See alsoEdit


  1. ^ SHAG: The Legendary Dance of the South, Bo Bryan, 1995, 120 pages, ISBN 0-9648084-0-4
  2. ^ Good Rocking People Charlie & Jackie on Steve Harvey, Jeff Martin, Feb 15, 2014.

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