Lak= e Nor= man Shag Club

P.O. Box 2095

Cornelius, <= st1:State w:st=3D"on">NC <= st1:PostalCode w:st=3D"on">28031

Web Site: www.lakenormanshagclub.com<= o:p>

The Big Time Scoop

June and July 2008

Officers:

President…..……&#= 8230;.Bill Cavin

Vice President..…..Renee Mus= e

Secretary………....= Pat Hensley

Treasurer……….Wan= da Cavin

Committee Chairpersons:=

Webmaster………R= 30;…..………………………= ………….Jean Rome

Chicken Pickin’……= ;Jeff and Pam Bundy, Jim and Brenda Kisner

Newsletter Editors…..…………………..…&= #8230;Mike and Marcia Felts

Membership………= 230;..…………………………= ;………..Sarah Little

DJ Procurement…………..……………= ;………….……Gene Hensley

Social Committee….………..………..Charlie and Virginia Buckley

A Message from the President…

It seems like only yester= day that we were waiting for SOS to arrive, and now it’s gone. I guess we’ll just have to w= ait until the Fall Migration. SOS= just seems to give us another reason to get together, have some adult beverages, dance, and do a little partying. I had to bail out early during SOS. Wanda and I were expecting a new grandbaby. She stayed home. I went to the beach to take care o= f some condo issues. Then I went home. I missed the Pour Party= , the parade, and all the other festivities. You can bet I’ll be ready for= the next SOS!! From what I understand, the Pour Pa= rty was great with over 100 people. Thanks to all the members who participated.

Now, let’s talk abo= ut another party that will help hold us over until September. That would be our 25^th anniversary party. It will be= June 14, at Lance and Renee’s, from 5 until 10. Our own Kyle Beam will be the DJ. <= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> In order to make sure we have the c= orrect amount of food, you need to make sure that you RSVP to Jim and Brenda Kisne= r by June 8. We had a sign-up shee= t at the last meeting, and we’ll have one at the next meeting. If you don’t sign up at either meeting, you’ll need to contact Jim and Brenda at 704-483-1119, or Kisners2@aol.com. The party will be free for members = and $5 for guests. The food will be = a Low Country Shrimp Boil, and beer will be provided. With free food and beer you can see= the importance of the RSVP. We don’t want to run out of beer, or, for that matter, food either. Look for more details elsewhere in= this newsletter.

Speaking of newsletters, = I hope you liked your last one. That= was the best newsletter we’ve had in years. Why was that? It was because we had more input fr= om our members. Thanks to all of you= for your input. I’m sure Mi= ke Felts also appreciates it too. It certainly makes his job easier.

Summer is just around the= corner. It gets more difficult during the summer to get members to Shag Nights, and meetings. There are vacations, golf, the lake, and many other things that make it difficult to make the commitment to attend. It̵= 7;s only 1 Saturday a month. Try = to make it. Your club needs your support. So far, things have = been going well on Shag Nights. Th= e only exception was the Final 4 weekend. By the time the game got started good, everyone was either headed ho= me, or in the lounge watching. We= did have good attendance for the meeting, even with the games on. Thanks to all of you. It says a lot about our members. Keep it up!! Hope to see you at the meetin= g on June 7.

Just one more note. There= will be no meeting in July!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Your President,

Bill Cavin

Next meeting:&n= bsp; Saturday, June 7 at 7:00

Cowan’s Ford Golf Club

La= ke Norman Shag Club =

25^th Anniversary Party<= /span>

June 14, 2008

5:00 to 10:00

Lance and Renee Muse’s “Barn”<= o:p>

Mount Beulah Road

Sherrills Ford, NC

Low Country Shrimp Boil

(Limited am= ount of chicken available for those with shellfish allergy)

Beer Provided

DJ Kyle Beam=

FREE to members $5 for guests

Come celebrate the 25^th Anniversary o= f your Lake Norman Shag Club

RSVP by either using the sign-up sheet at the LN= SC meeting, calling Jim and Brenda (704-483-1119), or email Kisners2@aol.com

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A Different Memorial Day Outing

Mike Felts<= span style=3D'font-size:18.0pt'>

Since Marcia and I live o= n Lake Norman, usually we are out there on Memorial Day with the other 5 million boaters. But, this year we de= cided to do something a little different. We rented a nice log cabin at Stone Mountain State Park (NC) for a few days. The park is in Wilkes and Alleghan= y counties, about 1 and ½ hours from our house.= It was very secluded and beautiful.= We sat on the back porch a lot, watching the deer, wild turkeys, and other wildlife, while enjoying the views.&= nbsp; And hiking, especially on the stone mountain itself, was very enjoya= ble. Marcia is quite interested in gene= alogy. Since most of my relatives lived i= n that area back in the 1800’s and early 1900’s, we went to several graveyards, taking pictures of tombstones.= The weather was fantastic. I wouldn’t want to do this every vacation or holiday weekend. But, it sure was relaxing and invigorating. The change of p= ace (no phone, no internet, limited TV) was great.

HALLELUJAH!!

By Renee Muse

I can’t believe it&= #8217;s finally time for our “baby girl” to graduate from high school.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Hallelujah!! Most of you know that Lance and I = have been waiting for this special day for quite some time. This means that now we can go to t= he BEACH! (Oh my gosh, did I jus= t say I can actually go to the beach?) It also means that we can go to out of town shag parties, too. Hell, it means we can go ANYWHERE!= ! Glenda Brown, do you remember tell= ing me that you were going to have to “rest up” for two weeks before my first SOS? Well rest up girl because here we come. Graduat= ion Day is June 7^th so we will not be at the June meeting. I, for one, will be drinking--heav= ily!

Editor’s note: = It sounds like Lance, and especially Renee, will be hard to keep up with this = Fall Migration SOS. And, congratulations on your daughter’s graduation.

SOS Fall Migration and Fun Monday<= o:p>

I know it’s only Ju= ne, but it’s not too early to start talking about Fall SOS. The dates for this great party are September 12 to September 21, 2008. A big part of Fall SOS are the Fun Sunday and Fun Monday parties-live bands performing outdoors for all to enjoy at no charge. But, someone has to pay for this, = the free food, and the other things that SOS offers us, at no charge. So, we sell raffle tickets for $10= each, with the chance of winning some serious cash. Wanda Cavin will be heading this u= p for LNSC again this year (thanks Wanda). She has the tickets now and she will be selling them beginning at th= is meeting, June 7. Below is a n= ote sent to me by Wanda, concerning the raffle:

It’s time for Fun Monday tickets to go on = sale again. Lake Norman has sold t= heir allotment of 100 tickets for years and we certainly would like to continue this.

This will be the 13^th annual Fun Mond= ay on September 15. The first ticket drawn receives $7,500, second $2,500, third $1,000, fourth ticket $500, and fifth ticket $250.=

Remember you can’t win if you don’t have a ticket in the pot!&nb= sp; The club selling the winning ticket will receive $100.

The money from ticket sales is used to pay for t= he entertainers that shaggers have come to expect. The ticket sales also finance Fun S= unday. Fun Monday has been so succes= sful that, several years back, the S.O.S. Enhancement Committee decided to create Fun Sunday. Now we have both = these events to look forward to, as well as everything else during S.O.S.

If all our members purchase just 1 ticket we can continue to sell our allotment. We will have the tickets for sale at the meeting on June 7. Don’t miss y= our chance to purchase yours.

Happy Birthday To You

The following members are celebrating birthdays in Jun= e or July. Hope I didn’t miss anyone. When you see any of t= hese people, wish them a good day on their birthday.

June &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; July

6/3-Nina Poush &n= bsp; = ; &n= bsp; = ; &n= bsp; 7/1-Charlie Bustle

6/6-Ron Young &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; 7/8-Tom Wallace = &nb= sp;

6/8-Pat Hensley &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; 7/12-Eddie Teeter

6/10-Sonny Brown = &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; = 7/17-Becky Helms

6/11-Carolyn Hopper&nb= sp; = &nb= sp; = 7= /19-Pam Bundy

6/15-Jean Nester = &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; = 7/22-Johnnie Shue

6/18-Audrey Brock = ; &n= bsp; = ; &n= bsp; = ; 7/24-Kyle Beam

6/23-Maria Wilson = ; &n= bsp; = ; &n= bsp; = ; 7/26-Donnie Meadows

6/29-Warren Moretz&nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; &nbs= p; 7/30-Virginia Buckley

Happy birthday to all and we hope you have many more.<= /p>

Important Dates for Lake Norman Sh= ag Club

June 7, 2008-Monthly meeting of Lake Norman Shag Club at Cowan’s Ford Golf Club. The meeting starts at 7:00 with dancing following. Come and conduct the business of y= our club and party and dance with your friends afterwards. There will be food and drink specials. Come early to eat b= efore the meeting. And, invite a friend. DJ-Mike Felts.

June 14, 2008-25^th anniversary of Lake Norman Shag C= lub. The party will be held at Lance and Renee Muse’s “barn” from 5:00 to 10:00. Low Country Shrimp Boil and beer provided. Dancing before and = after the meal. Free to members and= $5 for guests. (See more informa= tion elsewhere in this newsletter). DJ-Kyle Beam.

There will be no meeting = of LNSC in July. Our regular meeting = night would be July 5^th. Many of you will be out of town or will have other commitments because of the Ju= ly 4^th weekend. So, we are cancellin= g our meeting this month.

Health Concerns<= /b>

I have been informed that= both Charlie Bustle and Tree Sherrill have had to undergo surgery. Sorry, but, at this time, I don= 217;t have any more details to include. Please remember Shirley Ramsey and her battle with health problems.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Best wishes to all for a quick and complete recovery.

I’m sure that there= are others with health concerns. = I just didn’t know about them. Please e-mail me at jmfelts@msn.c= om if you know of others.

Greek Island Cruise

Bill Cavin<= /p>
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On May 9, a group of 18 s= haggers from the Lake Norman Shag club boarded planes for a Greek Island Cruise. We had 42 total people going on the cruise, so we were assigned to different airlines in order to get to our departure location in Rome. W= e had 4 late cancellations for medical reasons:&= nbsp; Larry and Shirley Ramsey, and Joe and Bonnie Myers. We really missed them. Those that did end up going were B= ill and Wanda Cavin, Jerry and Johnnie Shue, Charles and Virginia Buckley, Kathy and Leon Swartz, Junior and Sarah Little, Jeff and Pam Bundy, Gene and Pat = Hensley, Sam and Marilyn Reep, and George and Kay Schieren. This group just kind of came toget= her by word of mouth. One person wou= ld tell another, and so it went until the number reached 42. Sarah Little got her brother Colin= to go, and Kathy Swartz talked her daughter Kelly into going.

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We visited the exotic por= ts of Rome, Naples, Athens, Izmir, Marmaris, Istanbul in Turkey, Kataklon in Gree= ce, and Livorno in Italy. We were= able to see ruins of places that were built before Christ was born. Just imagine, if you can, a visit = to the House of The Virgin Mary, Pompeii, The Vatican, The Coliseum, and on and on. There was so much to see,= and only a small amount of time. = We were on the go from morning ‘til night for 13 days. As you might imagine, with so many people, parts of the crowd went off in different directions daily. At the end of a touring day, we had= a meeting place on the back of the ship, where we could meet, discuss the day, plan the next day and, oh yes, enjoy some adult beverages. This seemed to work out very well. = You always had an idea where to fin= d our crowd. Even on the Sea Days, = we used the same gathering point. The big difference was the time. = It could be 10 AM or Noon or later. You could find some of you friends.= The fact that the bar and food wer= e at the same place that we gathered didn’t hurt matters.

Before you knew it, we we= re all sitting around the lounge waiting for our numbers to be called so we could = exit the ship. I guess that I coul= d go on and on about the trip, but there is just so little time, and my brain doesn’t work for long periods of time. The good news is that we were all g= lad to get back to Lake Norman. The = trip was a lot of fun, but there is no place like home.

Next Newsletter Deadline

The deadline for the next newsletter (the August/September edition) will be July 21, 2008. I prefer for you to send articles = in Word format to jmfelts@msn.com. Or, if you had rather mail them, s= end them to Mike Felts, 3978 Rhynland Drive, Sherrills Ford, NC, 28673. Or, call me at 828-478-3484. As you can tell, I’ll take anything in about any form. J= ust, please help me find relative, informative articles and topics for the newsletter. Mark July 21 on y= our calendar and have something to me by that date for the next newsletter. I will appreciate it, and so will = your club members. If you start wr= iting your article now, you’ll have about 1 ½ months to get it to me= .

Why We’re Shaggers

Mike Felts<= /p>

Marcia and I took our fir= st shag lessons many years ago, because we wanted to learn a structured dance, as compared to the crazy stuff that we had been doing ever since college days. Also, we had seen the s= hag and liked the dance. So, we l= earned a little about it, at least enough so that we could dance and not be laughe= d at by many people. We have never= been competition dancers (we like to watch them), but we did go on to be shag da= nce instructors for 8 or more years. (Literally, we have forgotten 4 times or more steps than we know). <= /p>

Somewhere along the line,= it happened. People had always t= old us that being a shagger was more than just the dance. They said it was more of a lifesty= le. Because of SOS, shag clubs, parties, the people we have met, the music, and many ot= her things, I now understand what they are talking about. Marcia and I no longer teach struc= tured classes. We might do it again= . We have no plans of it at the pres= ent time. Even though we are not conducting classes, we are glad to help anyone, if we can. For the past 6 or 7 years, I have = been a part-time DJ (Pharmacist is my profession), specializing in shag music (although I play many other types of music, when appropriate). Now, being around the caliber of pe= ople that are shaggers, like the LNSC members, is the most important thing. Yes, we still dance some. The music is great. The shag clubs, along with most of= the lounges are fantastic. SOS is= a blast. So is the Chicken Pickin’. But the people= , the fun, and the camaraderie-that’s what keeps us in the shag world. The dance itself is still fun. We still love to do it. But, there’s so much more to= being a shagger than just the dance itself. I hope all of you understand what I’m trying to say. I think most of you will agree with me. If you’re new to the dance, stick with it. The dan= ce will come and so will the lifestyle. Shagging is definitely not a religion, political party (can’t believe I brought up politics in an election year), or anything like that.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Is it a lifestyle? You decide.

Contributing Editors

We would like to recogniz= e the people that contributed to this edition of “The Big Time Scoop”: Bill Cavin, Wan= da Cavin, and Renee Muse. I hope= that I have a longer list of names to include in the next newsletter. Please have your articles to me by= July 21 for the next edition.

Next meeting: June 7 at Cowan’s Ford (7:00= )

25^th Anniversary Party:= June 14 at the Muse’s “barn”

This space left blank intentionally because we didn’t receive anything to put in it. Let’s change that for the ne= xt edition.