Most people who show up at Big Woody’s Bar and Grill in Western Branch to do the Carolina Shag don’t realize how popular the dance was in Hampton Roads in the ’40s. Marsha Ruth, 72, an instructor with ...

They also teach Shag lessons and Bowers himself has taught local third grade classes at their schools. What hasn't changed much is the dance itself. There will always be a six-step count with either a ...