Junior Shagger News
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Shag Shoes For Juiors Program
I have agreed to Chair the ‘Dance Shoes for Junior Shaggers' Committee for the Ellen Taylor Foundation for Junior Shaggers. As a jump start, we would like to ask each of you, if you would put an article in your club newsletter, on your web site and ask your DJ to make an announcement at your weekly dances, explaining our purpose and asking for new and/or old shoes (in good condition), that dancers may wish to donate to us for our Junior Shaggers.
Dance Shoes for Junior Shaggers’ is one of several committees in the Ellen Taylor Foundation. Whatever you can do to help will be greatly appreciated. It’s all for a good cause and the Juniors are our future. The purpose and goal of ‘Dance Shoes for Junior Shaggers’ is to collect donated, new or used, dance shoes and distribute them to Junior shaggers. Thank you for spreading the word however you best see fit.
SOS is just around the corner and this would be a great opportunity for club members to bring new and/or old, male or female, dance shoes for our Junior Shaggers. The shoes you accumulate between now and SOS April 18 thru 27, please bring them with you or send them with someone coming to North Myrtle Beach, SC. There will be drop off boxes for the shoes at Judy's House of Oldies and Fat Harold's. Our plan is to have one at Ducks also, but I have not had an opportunity to approach them for an approval at this point in time. Both Fat Harold's and Judy's have agreed. With the anticipated crowd at SOS, you may need to ask where the boxes are, as space will be at a premium. Also, you are welcome to phone me direct 843 272 2337 and my cellular is 843 267 5781 or email me at betty2275@aol.com.
I have four committee volunteers; Doris Tucker, Bob Williams, Beverly Cone, and Melody Norlock, who will be helping collect and distribute the shoes as outlined in the Operational Guide for the Ellen Taylor Foundation for Junior Shaggers. As news and updates are made available to me, I will be sharing that information with you.
Thanks for your help…
Betty Ladwig
North Myrtle Beach, SC
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THE RALEIGH JUNIOR SHAG DANCE TEAM
Back Row: Garrett Spencer, Bonnie Rhodes & Michelle Scott-Coaches
Middle Row: Sam Walter, Allen Lawrence
Front Row: Sophia Spencer, Mikayla Jones, Alexis Hicks
The Raleigh Junior Shag Dance Team wowed the crowd at the North Raleigh Hilton in Raleigh, NC, performing for the annual Wake County Hospice Event on February 24 before a crowd of about 1600 people. This was the dance team's first event and the net proceeds raised for their two minute performance was $203.00.
This team has been invited to attend and perform at several events in the near future. Keep watching for their next performance as you support is greatly appreciated.
CONGRATULATIONS GREAT KIDS WORKING FOR A GREAT CAUSE
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Long-time JSA supporters Mike Rink and Twister’s Shag Club recently made another significant contribution to help perpetuate the Junior Shaggers Association. The club donated some tickets to its 16th annual Fall Cyclone Party to the JSA, and then helped the JSA auction off the tickets to their sold-out event to raise cash for the JSA.
As a result of the Club’s efforts, on Saturday night at the Fall Cyclone Mike presented JSA Vice-President Sam West with a check for $1000 for the JSA.
As you may know, Mike initially registered, created and maintained
www.juniorshaggers.com for the JSA. And although he donated the site to the JSA, Twister’s Shag Club continues to pay monthly and yearly maintenance fees associated with the site. And while Twister’s Shag Club has made several significant donations to the JSA over the years, this is the second time a single donation from Twister’s Shag Club has been at least $1000.
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Send a Kid to Camp 2006
Hi junior shaggers!! If everyone doesn’t know me I’m Ashley Scott and I’m from Hamlet, NC. My dance partner is Jacob Faulkner, from Clover, SC. Just recently we attended our second year at the junior fundraising contest in Greenville , SC. Many of you know a lot about this contest, better known as Send a Kid to Camp… and some of you don’t so I’ll tell you my experiences.
When I began shagging it was mainly because a great friend was dancing and I was extremely impressed. I never knew about contests, fundraisers, workshops, or any of these things. After dancing for a few months with my partner we heard about Send a Kid to Camp 2005 and wanted to compete. Since it was for a great cause, we knew there wasn’t immense pressure to be the best. First place wouldn’t matter and we knew dancing would be fun and would be helpful to the fundraising efforts. So we went, completely bombed our first dance and did much better on the second. After leaving that night I was thinking about it and I told Jacob, “This contest was for fun and it was for a great cause.” Then I realized I didn’t even know what the cause was! I just knew it was send a kid to camp!
Jumping to this year, I researched send a kid to camp before the contest and found out the camp that the money was being raised for was Camp Courage . Camp Courage is a camp for children and teen-agers with cancer and blood disorders from all around the Carolina ’s and Georgia . The kids there feel special and have an amazing time.
So in our efforts at the Big Chill (formerly known as Docker’s) on October 7th, 2005 we raised money to help this non-profit organization send these kids to camp! Thanks go to George Scott and the Carolina Shag Club for making this event possible. We did several exhibitions throughout the day on Saturday then did more junior exhibitions that night. Something fun and new to the event is the line dance exhibition, which I think will be an ongoing tradition at this contest. Unfortunately my partner became ill and we were unable to dance that evening but being there was inspirational. We raised money the night before at Zee’s in Pineville through a dancing for dollars. So kudos to Jacob!!!
I believe that this contest is the one I look forward to most every year. We have so much to be thankful for to be able to dance and be healthy, so let’s give something back. Next year let’s raise double the amounts raised this year and really give back to these kids. They don’t deserve their illnesses and if we can help them be motivated and strong let’s try.
Someone once said to dance like no one’s watching. Well, I think we should to help these kids. We can make a difference. Remember we carry the future of the dance.
See you soon and clear the calendars for next year’s send a Kid to Camp!
Happy Shagging!!
Ashley Scott and Jacob Faulkner
JSA
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