Message from our President…

January roared in like a lion! The weather was cold, snowy and lots of ice. But, that didn’t stop the SOBs from enjoying the dances. January 11-14th was also Mid-Winter SOS and a number of SOBS attended. The dance at the VFW on January 12th was a great success. It rained and there was fog, but the SOBS showed up to dance. DJ Claude Collins played the best music and everyone had a good time.

We held our first “Sunday Series” dance of the year at The Lazy Turtle Bar & Grill on January 21st. A rousing group showed up to dance to the music of DJ Tim Holland and a great time was had by all. There was no need to stay home to watch football because the Steelers al-ready lost. (Editor note: Chuck’s from Pittsburg!)

On January 23rd a few of our couples including Joe & Kathy Malinowski, Roger & Sue Albizu, and Sandy and I put on a shag demonstration at the Carillon Assisted Living of Southport. We had a great time and the folks at the home had some fun.

January 26th was our annual “Re-Up/Join-Up” dance at the Moose Lodge. Our “Hall of Fame” DJ “Fessa” John Hook, always plays great music. The Southern pulled pork dinner was deli-cious and 130 shaggers either Re-Upped their membership or Joined-Up as new members of the club.

As we move into February we have three dances scheduled. First, is our Valentine’s Day dance on February 9th, then our “Sunday Series” dance on February 18th at The Lazy Turtle Bar & Grill with DJ Chigger Woods, and last but not least, our “Chili Cook-Off” dance at the Moose Lodge on February 23rd. Look for more information as we get closer to the dates. We are hoping for blue skies and warmer weather to return to the North Carolina coast.

Chuck Boney, President

The Official Newsletter of the Society of Brunswick Shaggers PO BOX 274, Oak Island, NC 28465

Visit our website at: http://www.societyofbrunswickshaggers.com “LIKE” us on FACEBOOK at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/115766191843385/

If you haven’t “Re-Up”, your membership in the SOBS ran out on January 31st. Our next dance on February 9th at the VFW is your opportunity to

“Re-Up” in the best Shag Club on the East Coast!

Board Meeting Minutes 2

Presidents’ Day… Did you know? 3

“Re-Up/Join-Up” information 4

SOS Spring Safari Parade Info 5

Welcome new SOBS & Guests 6

February Birthdays 6

“Chili Cook-Off” Shag Dance 7

February DJ Bios 8

Christmas Toy Donation 9

SOBS Dance Schedule 10

January Dance Pictures 11

SOBS Membership Form 13

The Beach Beat!

Your 2018 Society of Brunswick Shaggers Board Members...

Chuck Boney, President John Hutton, Vice President Cathy Myers, Secretary

Dennis Faver, Treasurer Joe Malinowski, Newsletter & Membership

2018

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Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, January 10, 2018...

PRESENT: President, Chuck Boney; John Hutton, Vice-President; Dennis Faver, Treasurer

The meeting was called to order at 5:00 PM by new club President, Chuck Boney.

SECRETARY’S REPORT: Motion to approve December’s Board meeting minutes was made by Faver, seconded by Boney. Unanimously approved.

TREASURER’S REPORT: -New club Treasurer Dennis Faver presented the Treasurer’s Report. Bank account has $9,259.23. Club will donate $6,500 to Operate Uplink at a future dance.

OLD BUSINESS:

Discussion ensued about amending the bylaws to make the position of Membership/Communications a voting member. After a review of the bylaws, it was determined that whoever occupies that position already has voting rights and shall exercise those rights at Board events. All agreed and the issue was closed.

NEW BUSINESS:

Chuck met with the new Moose Lodge management to establish communications. Cost per dance for the club at the Moose this year will be $125/dance.

A May 20th dance will be added to the Sunday Series dance schedule with DJ Anderson.

It was decided among the attendees that future Board meetings will be held at the OKI VFW on the Wednesday prior to the first dance of the month at 5 PM.

Chuck & Sandy, Joe & Kathy Malinowski and Roger & Sue Albizu will cover the dance demo at Carillon Assisted Living on January 23rd.

Chuck has a source of red carnations and will provide one to all the ladies in attendance at the Valentine’s Day dance (also Katie’s birthday).

The Re-Up/Join Up dinner “on the club” will cost the club $9.60/pp. Chuck will discuss with Moose management to see if the price can be negotiated lower. The “Re-Up/Join-Up” will be handled by Joe Malinowski. “Re-Up” members need to only verify their membership information on a club membership listing and pay their dues. All new “Join-Up” members will need to complete a membership form.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Joe Malinowski was not available for the meeting. (Editor note: Joe thought the meeting started at 6 PM!)

With no other business, Chuck moved to adjourn the meeting. Dennis seconded and the meeting was adjourned at 5:35 PM. Next meeting is 5 PM on Wednesday, February 7, at the OKI VFW.

Dennis Faver for Cathy Myers, Secretary

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Presidents’ Day is an American holiday celebrated on the third Monday in February. Originally established in 1885 in recognition of President George Washington, it is still officially called “Washington’s Birthday” by the federal government. Traditionally celebrated on February 22, Washington’s actual day of birth, the holiday became popularly known as Presidents’ Day after it was moved as part of 1971’s Uniform Monday Holiday Act, an attempt to create more three-day weekends for the nation’s workers. Following President George Washington’s death in 1799, his February 22 birthday became a perennial day of remembrance. At the time, Washing-ton was venerated as the most important figure in American history, and events like the 1832 centennial of his birth and the start of construction of the Washington Monument in 1848 were

cause for national celebration.

President's Day, which is always celebrated on the third Monday of the month, never falls on the actual birthday of any American president. While Washington’s Birthday was an unofficial observance for most of the 1800s, it was not until the late 1870s that it be-came a federal holiday. Senator Steven Wallace Dorsey of Arkansas was the first to propose the measure, and in 1879 President Ruth-erford B. Hayes signed it into law. The holiday initially only applied to the District of Columbia, but in 1885 it was expanded to the whole country. At the time, Washington’s Birthday joined four other nationally recognized federal bank holidays—Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving—and was the first to celebrate the life of an individual American. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, signed into law in 1983, would be the second.

The shift from Washington’s Birthday to Presidents’ Day began in the late 1960s when Congress proposed a measure known as the Uniform Monday Holiday Act. Championed by Senator Robert McClory of Illinois, this law sought to shift the celebration of several federal holidays from specific dates to a series of predetermined Mondays. The proposed change was seen as a novel way to create more three-day weekends for the nation’s workers, and it was believed that ensuring holidays always fell on the same weekday would reduce employee absenteeism. While some argued that shifting holidays from their original dates would cheapen their meaning, the bill also had widespread support from both the private sector and labor unions and was seen as a surefire way to bolster retail sales.

The Uniform Monday Holiday Act also included a provision to combine the celebration of Washington’s Birthday with Abraham Lin-coln’s, which fell on the proximate date of February 12. Lincoln’s Birthday had long been a state holiday in places like Illinois, and many supported joining the two days as a way of giving equal recognition to two of America’s most famous statesmen. McClory was among the measure’s major proponents, and he even floated the idea of renaming the holiday “President’s Day.” This proved to be a point of contention for lawmakers from George Washington’s home state of Virginia, and the proposal was eventually dropped. Nev-ertheless, the main piece of the Uniform Monday Holiday Act passed in 1968 and officially took effect in 1971 following an executive order from President Richard Nixon. Washington’s Birthday was then shifted from the fixed date of February 22 to the third Monday of February. Columbus Day, Memorial Day and Veterans Day were also moved from their traditionally designated dates. After wide-spread criticism, in 1980 Veterans’ Day was returned to its original November 11 date.

While Nixon’s order plainly called the newly placed holiday Washington’s Birthday, it was not long before the shift to Presidents’ Day began. The move away from February 22 led many to believe that the new date was intended to honor both Washington and Abra-ham Lincoln, as it now fell between their two birthdays. Marketers jumped at the opportunity to play up a three-day weekend with sales, and “Presidents’ Day” bargains were advertised around the country. By the mid-1980s Washington’s Birthday was known to many Americans as Presidents’ Day. This shift had solidified in the early 2000s, by which time as many as half the 50 states had changed the holiday’s name to Presidents’ Day on their calendars. Some states have even chosen to customize the holiday by adding new figures to the celebration. Arkansas, for instance, celebrates Washington as well as civil rights activist Daisy Gatson Bates. Ala-bama, meanwhile, uses Presidents’ Day to commemorate Washington and Thomas Jefferson (who was born in April).

Washington and Lincoln still remain the two most recognized leaders, but Presidents’ Day is now seen as a day to recognize the lives and achievements of all of America’s chief executives. Some lawmakers have objected to this view, arguing that grouping George Washington and Abraham Lincoln together with less successful presidents minimizes their legacies. Congressional measures to restore Washington and Lincoln’s individual birthdays were proposed during the early 2000s, but all failed to gain much attention. For its part, the federal government has held fast to the original incarnation of the holiday as a celebration of the country’s first president. The 3rd Monday in February is still listed on official calendars as Washington’s Birthday.

In its original incarnation as Washington’s Birthday, the holiday gained special meaning during the difficulties of the Great Depression, when portraits of George Washington often graced the front pages of newspapers and magazines every February 22. In 1932 the date was used to reinstate the Purple Heart, a military decoration originally created by George Washington to honor soldiers killed or wounded while serving in the armed forces. In its modern form, Presidents’ Day is used by many patriotic and historical groups as a date for staging celebrations, reenactments and other events. A number of states also require that their public schools spend the days leading up to Presidents’ Day teaching students about the accomplishments of the presidents, often with a focus on the lives of Wash-ington and Lincoln.

Presidents’ Day - Did you know?

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If you didn’t, you know who you are! OK fellow SOBS, it’s “Re-Up/Join-Up” time! If you haven’t Re-Up, your membership in the SOBS ran out on January 31st. Our next dance on February 9th at the VFW is your opportunity to “Re-Up” in the best Shag Club on the East Coast! It’s also a great opportunity to get your shagging friends to “Join-Up” with us as well. The cost is $20 per per-son for the membership year. The “Re-Up/Join-Up” fee will get you a year’s membership and admission to the dance.

NOTE: To expedite the process for our current members who are going to “Re-Up”, no membership form is required. We will have a complete current membership list containing your 2017 information. It will contain (Last/First Name, email address, mailing address, phone number and birth date-no year!). In lieu of filling out the membership form again, we ask you to verify, make any corrections and pay your dues. Of course, new members will have to initially fill out the form so we can add them to our membership list. The last page of this newsletter is a Membership Application for your friends’ conven-ience. Checks should made out to the “SOCIETY OF BRUNSWICK SHAGGERS.”

As with most non-profit social clubs, volunteering is the backbone of our organization as well as a great chance to become famil-iar with the entire Membership. We ask our Members to consider and step up for whatever small part you would like to play during the year.

HOSPITALITY – responsible for greeting Members and Guests at the door of our dances. They take money in and check off Members/Guests at the door and direct questions (Membership, SOS Cards, etc.) to a SOBS Officer. They could also check on the Guests throughout the night and answer any questions. These people are our AMBASSADORS!

COMMUNICATION – anyone is welcome to write articles or submit pictures for our Newsletter/Website. Your experiences at events (dances, SOS, etc.) would certainly be welcome. Deadline for our Newsletter is the 25th of the month.

ENTERTAINMENT – responsible for helping set up (decorate) and clean up at selected dances. These are important positions as we need to leave our venues as we found them and the Board Members do eventually tire of the tasks.

SOCIAL – volunteers to participate (dance or make costumes) in the SOS Parade in April, sell raffle tickets or procure items for auction at our Charity event, and to sell 50/50 tickets at our regular dance events.

ANYTHING NEEDED – This is the MEGA-VOLUNTEER who is available at most club functions. You can offer up your services at any event and as well as making yourselves available for last minute needs.

Did You “Re-Up/Join-Up” Yet?...

Hey SOBS! Our SOBS “Sunday Series” shag dances continue at The Lazy Turtle Bar & Grill

on the OKI ocean front! Our next “Sunday Series” dance will be on February 18th with

DJ “Chigger” Woods from 1 PM to 5 PM. All of our “Sunday Series” dances are at no

charge. Drinks & The Lazy Turtle menu will be available for purchase. We’ll pass the hat

for the DJ’s expenses. More details will follow as we get closer to the date. We’re just

trying to give you a few more opportunities to “wear out those Weejuns!”

SOBS “Sunday Series” Dances at The Lazy Turtle Bar & Grill…

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The SOBS will be defending 2017’s award of First Place Shag Troupe!

What is SOS you ask? Three times a year the parent organization of shag, Society of Stranders (SOS) holds huge dance events known as SOS. Nearly 100 clubs up and down the East Coast constitute the Association of Carolina Shag Clubs (ACSC) and their members take part in the festivities. All SOS events take place in the Ocean Drive/North Myrtle Beach area of SC. Yearly SOS cards may be purchased at the event for $35 or through our club for $30. The card allows you entrance without a cover charge to any of the night clubs/venues during SOS. All clubs are within walking distance of one another. More information on SOS will be provided as we get closer to the date!

The following are 2018’s events:

Spring Safari will be held April 20-29 and will feature a parade.

The SOBS will be defending 2017’s award of First Place Shag Troupe

Fall Migration will take place September 14-23

This year’s SOS April 28th parade theme is “Blast From the Past”. Here’s the plan: Our club’s parade entry will be entitled “Those were the Days”. Based on black & white TV shows of the 50’s & 60’s (Beverly Hillbillies, Bonanza, I Love Lucy, and the Twilight Zone) our “Shagging Troupe” entry will consist of SOBS doing one of the following:

Dress in black & white portraying characters of the shows

The Beverly Hillbillies will be portrayed by Sonny & Debby Gentry and Cathy & Francis Meyers

4 individuals walking/carrying cardboard TV screens with the shows’ titles

Many SOBS walking, handing out Mardi Gras beads,

8 walkers holding signs reading “Blast”, ”From”, “The”, and “Past”.

The parade route is approximately ½ mile, DJ Jim Bruno will be playing his music for us along the route. Sounds like fun, it IS and you will enjoy the legendary tailgating. Last year we had nearly 70 participants. More information will follow as we finalize our parade plans!

Please contact us to let us know that you’re interested in being part of the fun.

Call Katy O’Neill and John Hutton (910) 201-9993 or email jsh66@earthlink.net or text: (910) 619-8265

Some of our SOS Parade Bling!

“Yes, Oh Yes, it’s SOS” Parade, Saturday, April 28, 2018...

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WELCOME to our New Members & Guests...

Our 1st dance of the new year on January 12th had a decent turnout in spite of the cold temperature! Club favorite, DJ Claude Collins kept the dance floor full and played all of our great beach tunes. Braving the cold temps were 48 SOBS and 2 guests who joined us. A big thanks goes out to all who decorated the dance hall, brought snacks & desserts to share and helped to start our new Shagging Year!

Our “Re-Up/Join-Up” dance on January 26th had 110 SOBS (80 Re-Ups + 30 Pre-Paid), 20 new mem-bers and 2 guests (James & Jane O’Neal). DJ “Fessa” John Hook was his usual “legendary self” and enter-tained us all evening. The Southern pulled pork with all the trimmings was delicious as were the desserts brought by our members, not to mention, the great decorations by Katy O’Neill and her crew! Thank You!

WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST SOBS!

Our February Birthdays...

1st… Leon Buffkin 1st… Cherri Swanko 7th… Angie White 9th… David Rich 14th… Troye Hinson 16th… Kenneth Morford 17th… Dan Jones 17th… Buck Rogers 17th… Blake White

From our Friends at Coastal Shag Club (CSC)...

Coastal Shag Club shag dances are on the 3rd Saturday of each month at the Moose Lodge, 253 Holden Beach Road, Shallotte, NC. Cost is $5 for CSC members and mem-bers of other Shag Clubs, $8/all other guests. Doors open at 6:30 PM and dance is 7:00 to 10:30 PM. Ask for a FREE Basic Dance Lesson for those staying for the dance.

Fantastic non-smoking dance room with large wooden dance floor, 50/50 raffle, and cash bar. Please bring a snack or dessert to share. We’re located just 20 minutes north of Ocean Drive and Main Street. Come join Brunswick County's friendliest shag club!

Visit their website at: www.coastalshagclub.org

18th… Bill Anderson 19th… Nancy Chesterton 23rd… Brenda Willis 25th… Marilyn Hill 25th… Evelyn Panoff 26th… Lynne Doctor 28th… Colin Clasper 28th… Michael Sral … Jack Lawlor

Nancy Adelis

Paula Crawford

Melissa Holden

Rob Jerome

Sandy Johnson

Ginny Largent

Rich Largent

Tom Milner

David Morgan

Susan Morgan

John Palmer

Val Palmer

Evelyn Panoff

Fred Raines

David Reid

Zila Reinblatt

Susan Schultheiss

Don Show

Judy Show

Laura Webb

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“Chili Cook-Off” Shag Dance, February 23, 2018...

The SOBS “Chili Cook-Off” is here again!

Please respond by February 19 if you are submitting a chili entry and which category! This event is not intended to feed everyone, so the Moose Lodge Menu will still be available!

The Moose Lodge will make available their electric power outlets for crockpots to those who need them.

CHILI COOK-OFF INFORMATION… All chili entries should be no more than a 2 quart crockpot.

There will be 3 categories: 1. VEGETARIAN 2. SPICY 3. FLAVORFUL Grading Awards: Overall People’s Choice and a 1st & 2nd in each category. For any questions, please email Joe Malinowski at: jamalinowski@atmc.net

WHEN: Friday, February 23, 2018

WHERE: Moose Lodge #2059 Family Center, 4239 Long Beach Rd. SE, Oak Island, NC 28461

There will be no dance lesson this evening.

Doors open at 6:00 PM. Dance 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM

“Chili Cook-Off” entrants should be set up by 6:30 PM “Chili Cook-Off” judging will begin at 6:45 PM

Hey SOBS! Before you know it, SOS “Spring Safari” will be here and we’ll be min-

gling with a couple thousand of our closest SHAG friends in North Myrtle Beach. Not

to mention all the fun of our club being in the SOS parade and the club “Free Pour!”

You can now show your club colors & loyalty by having a personal item embroi-

dered by fellow SOBS member, Beth Uhl. The logo is depicted here on the right and

can be embroidered on polo shirts, button-up shirts, towels (like we don’t sweat

much during the Summer months!) and tote bags. The cost is only $15 and will be

completed within 10 days to 2 weeks. Proudly wear our logo gear at SOS and other

shag events!

See Beth at one of our dances or contact her at (910) 880-0104 for pick-up and delivery options.

Show Your Club Logo...

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February DJ Information...

Fellow SOBS… The year has gotten off to a great start. What a way to start the year with DJ’s Claude Collins and “Fessa” John Hook. All had a great time at our three dances and the Bar-B-Q at Re-Up was excellent. Spinning the discs for our three, yes three, dances this month will be:

Friday, February 9th - DJ Terry McPhail @ OKI VFW Sunday, February 18th - DJ “Chigger” Woods @ The Lazy Turtle Bar & Grill

Friday, February 23rd - DJ Jimmy Buffkin @ OKI Moose Lodge

DJ Terry McPhail will be playing for our Friday, February 9th, “Valentine’s Day” dance at the VFW and has been a SOBS Valentine’s dance tradition for many years. Terry has been involved as a Beach Music DJ for a number of years and has played often for our club. He is retired from a career in the US Army. Eve-ry year he has supported our Operation Uplink with a DJ Party donation. He and his wife Karen spend their time between Ocean Drive (N. Myrtle Beach) and Elizabethtown, NC. Terry is one of the DJs on the Annual Blues Cruise and is always at the OD Arcade playing the best songs during SOS.

The club will host a “Sunday Series” afternoon dance party at the oceanfront Lazy Turtle Bar & Grill on February 18th with DJ “Chigger” Woods from 1-5 PM. “Chigger” was born and raised in Durham, NC. He is a member of a Beach Music group “The Fabulous Jellirolls”. “Chigger” is one of the founding members of the Eno Beach Shag Club in Durham, NC. He has been a DJ for 10+ years and plays for many Shag clubs and night clubs in both North and South Carolina. He plays at the OD Beach Club in the Spanish Galleon complex during the 3 SOS events. He and his wife Cookie been married for over 45+years and have a daughter. We will all enjoy our afternoon with “Chigger”.

This year continues our revival of an old club tradition - Winter Time “Chili Cook Off”. Last year for the “Chili Cook-Off” contest we had many entries. Look for info and get out your chili pots. Our 3rd Annual Chili “Cook-Off” will be Friday, February 23rd with DJ Jimmy Buffkin. Jimmy was born and raised in the Caroli-nas. He now lives in North Myrtle Beach, SC and is a staff DJ at Fat Harold’s Beach Club on Ocean Drive, North Myrtle Beach. His career spans the last 15+ years and he has been a member of the Association of Beach and Shag Club DJ’s for the past 10 years. He loves to take requests and says if he has it, he will

play it. Jimmy is on Beach Music radio station 94.9 at 5 PM on Tuesday and Friday. Let’s all look forward to another great opportunity to dance, Friday, February 23rd at the Moose. Wow, what a month of dancing we have ahead. We hope to see you all on a dance floor soon.

John Hutton, DJ Selection

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On Their Behalf… THANK YOU, SOBS!

Oak Island Community Center

(Division) Oak Island Parks and Recreation Department

4700 E. Oak Island Drive, Unit C, Oak Island NC 28465 (910) 278-6552

To: Society of Brunswick Shaggers,

The Oak Island Community Center is a one-stop facility for information, referral, resource link-age, education, health and human services. The Center operates under the principles of com-munity support and provides a warm and wel-coming place where families can come in time of need or as a part of their day-to-day lives. The Center’s unique objective is providing re-sources and services to strengthen families within the Oak Island community through co-operative efforts with local schools, businesses, organizations and other community agencies.

It was so nice seeing everyone again. Because of all of you wonderful folks we were able to help several families in our community with Christmas. On behalf of these families in our area that were on the Christmas Wish List for assistance with Christmas. The Oak Island Community Center and Oak Island Police Department is very grateful for all the wonderful donated toys & gifts. The toys and bikes were very well received. We would like to extend our gratitude to John Hutton for coordinating and delivering all the toys. Once again thank you all for generosity.

Thank you for your contribution:

Deanna Eddinger, OICC Director

Eileen Ramsdale, OICC Advisory Board Chairman

Greg Jordan, Oak Island Police Chief

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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

2018 Dance Party Schedule (Subject to Change!)...

ALL DANCES BEGIN AT 6:30 PM, WITH MOST DANCES HAVING A SHAG OR LINE DANCE LESSON AT 6:00 PM!

DATE LOCATION DJ THEME FOOD DOOR 50/50 LESSON

FEBRUARY 9 OKI VFW TERRY McPHAIL VALENTINE’S DAY LINE DANCE

FEBRUARY 18 OKI, THE LAZY TURTLE BAR & GRILL, SOBS “SUNDAY SERIES” DANCE W/DJ “CHIGGER” WOODS

FEBRUARY 23 OKI MOOSE LODGE JIMMY BUFFKIN CHILI COOK-OFF SHAG

MARCH 9 OKI VFW KITTY EARLES LINE DANCE

MARCH 18 OKI, THE LAZY TURTLE BAR & GRILL, SOBS “SUNDAY SERIES” DANCE W/DJ JERRY BURRAGE

MARCH 23 OKI MOOSE LODGE ROBERT CARTER

APRIL 13 OKI VFW LYNN KING S.O.A.R. BENEFIT LINE DANCE

APRIL 20-29 NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC - SOS “SPRING SAFARI”

APRIL 28 NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC - SOS “SPRING SAFARI” PARADE FOLLOWED BY OUR CLUB “FREE POUR” AT THE OD PAVILION

MAY 11 OKI VFW JIMMY BUFFKIN LINE DANCE

MAY 20 OKI, THE LAZY TURTLE BAR & GRILL, SOBS “SUNDAY SERIES” DANCE W/DJ BILL ANDERSON

MAY 25 OKI MOOSE LODGE GENE SISTARE FASHION SHOW SHAG

JUNE 8 OKI VFW BUTCH ADEIMY LINE DANCE

JUNE 22 OKI MOOSE LODGE CLAUDE COLLINS SHAG

JUNE 30 OKI MIDDLETON PARK, OAK ISLAND “BEACH DAY” SHAG CONTEST W/DJ JIM “TWO WRAPS” BRUNO

JULY 13 OKI VFW ROY CHILDRESS LINE DANCE

JULY13-15 SHERATON IMPERIAL HOTEL, DURHAM, NC - SOS SUMMER WORKSHOP

JULY 27 OKI MOOSE LODGE JERRY BURRAGE SHAG

AUGUST 10 OKI VFW MIKE HUDSON LINE DANCE

AUGUST 24 OKI MOOSE LODGE TERRY McPHAIL SHAG

SEPTEMBER 7 OKI VFW J. J. KINLAW LINE DANCE

SEPTEMBER 14-23 NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC - SOS “FALL MIGRATION”

SEPTEMBER ?? NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC - SOS “FALL MIGRATION” CLUB “FREE POUR” AT THE OD PAVILION

SEPTEMBER 21 OKI MOOSE LODGE JIM BRUNO SHAG

OCTOBER 12 OKI MOOSE LODGE “FESSA” JOHN HOOK OPERATION UPLINK N/A

OCTOBER 21 OKI, THE LAZY TURTLE BAR & GRILL, SOBS “SUNDAY SERIES” DANCE W/DJ ???

OCTOBER 26 OKI VFW GENE SISTARE HALLOWEEN LINE DANCE

NOVEMBER 9 OKI MOOSE LODGE ROBERT CARTER THANKSGIVING SHAG

NOVEMBER 18 OKI, THE LAZY TURTLE BAR & GRILL, SOBS “SUNDAY SERIES” DANCE W/DJ ???

DECEMBER 8 OKI MOOSE LODGE JERRY BURRAGE CHRISTMAS PARTY SHAG

Pictures from our January 26th “Re-Up/Join-Up” dance @ OKI Moose Lodge…

Our “Re-Up/Join-Up” dance on January 26th had 110 SOBS (80 Re-Ups) + (30 Pre-Paid), 20 new mem-bers and 2 guests (James & Jane O’Neal). DJ “Fessa” John Hook was his usual “legendary self” and enter-tained us all evening. The Southern pulled pork with all the trimmings was delicious as were the desserts brought by our members, not to mention, the great decorations by Katy O’Neill and her crew! Thank You!

More from our January 26th “Re-Up/Join-Up” dance @ OKI Moose Lodge…

SOBS Membership Application Form (PLEASE PRINT!)…