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Author Lecture by Tom Poland – Save the Last Dance for Me

Save the Last Dance for Me: A Love Story of the Shag and the Society of Stranders

The Horry County Museum presents a lecture by Tom Poland, on May 20 at 1 p.m. at McCown Auditorium, on the book he co-authored with Phil Sawyer: Save the Last Dance for Me: A Love Story of the Shag and the Society of Stranders.

The shag, the official state dance of North and South Carolina, originated in the 1930s. The dance quickly spread throughout the South, where it became a legend in many beach regions. Save the Last Dance for Me is the story of the shag and the development of the Society of Stranders, an organization devoted to the dance and its culture.