Winners of the 2022 Fun Monday raffle during the SOS Fall Migration event have been announced and we've included them for you below as listed on the Society of Stranders website.

- Clayton Johnson - $3500.00 - Selling club was the Twin Rivers Shag Club
- Denise Harris - $1,000.00 - Selling club was Beach Sales
- Steve Gutshell - $500.00 - Selling club was the South Strand Shag Club
- Oliver Brown - $250.00 - Selling club was the Hilton Head Island Shag Club
- Sharon Craddock - $250.00 - Selling club was Beach Sales

- Person Selling Winning Ticket -  Angie Taylor - $100.00
- Club Selling Winning Ticket -  Twin Rivers Shag Club  - $100.00
- Person Selling Most Tickets -  Melvin Mullis - $100.00

- Group-A (1-150) - York Shag Club - Total sales - 180 - $100.00
- Group-B (151-300)  - Burlington Shag Club - Total sales - 175 - $100.00

Fun Monday information and history - You can find out more by visiting the Society of Stranders official website.

The Fun Monday drawing was started as a way to finance the events of Fun Monday. The drawing generates the income that pays for all the activities. There is no charge for people to attend the events of Fun Monday. It only takes you $10.00 to make you eligible to be in the drawing. The first ticket drawn wins $3,500, the second wins $1,000, the third wins $500, the fourth wins $250, and the fifth and final ticket wins $ 250. After all the bills are paid there is a donation made to Caring For Kids which is the chosen charity for the Fun Monday Enhancement Committee. The Caring for Kids charity is a great organization that helps a lot of kids. There are 100 tickets dispersed to each shag club that attends the A.C.S.C meeting at the spring S.O.S. The representative that receives the tickets then takes the tickets back to the club for the members to buy or sell all the tickets. If you would like to have a chance at winning see your local shag club president or call 1-919-774-8090. You can email questions concerning the Fun Monday raffle and ticket sales to the Fun Monday Chairperson for ticket sales at FunMondayTickets

On September 23, 2022, Allie Privette released her new single "Ain't Nobody" on 94.9FM The Surf in N. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The song was also heard the following day, on the boardwalk with Justin Rouse on the Beach, Boogie and Blues network. Call your favorite DJ and radio station to request the new song and SomeBeachMusic also made it available on their YouTube channel and it will soon be available on iTunes according to a post from Allie. We've included the YouTube video for you below. Congrats Allie on the new single!

On September 29, 2022, the news of Ray Hall's passing was shared among his friends and various industry professionals. The announcement reads: "It’s with sadness and joy to let you know Ray has crossed over into our Heavenly Father’s arms. He is finally pain free. Ray Hall fought with all of his might against this horrible disease and actually won the battle and is now in his forever home."

Ray was owner of TJ's NightLife in Raleigh and he was always so welcoming of Flip Flop Live and we enjoyed talking with him anytime we had the pleasure of attending one of his events. He was such a big supporter of the Beach Music industry, the bands and artists, dj's and the shaggers. So many others expressed their condolences on social media and you can as well. You can also attend the celebration of life that will be held with family and friends on Sunday, October 16th 2:00 until 5:00 at TJs NightLife, 4801 Leigh Dr, Raleigh, NC 27616.In lieu of flowers donations can be made to Transitions Life Care of Raleigh.

We send our prayers and condolences to the entire family over the coming weeks and months.

The results of the 2022 ACSC election has been announced and the results are as followed:

- Robin Morley - ACSC Chairman
- Candy Long - ACSC Vice Chairman
- Becky Berry - ACSC Secretary
- Cecil Martin - ACSC Treasurer
- Ken Akin - Past Chair

Congratulations everyone!

On Monday, September 19, 2022 Ms. Jody announced the release of her new single "I'm Gonna Ride That Black Horse" and it's available on all of the major music streaming and download websites. We're looking forward to hearing the entire song because Ms. Jody never disappoints!
 

The Heeey Baby Days of Beach Music - eBook is Available Now and you can purchase it directly from Greg with the details below!

Greg Haynes' massive 13 pound book—THE HEEEY BABY DAYS OF BEACH MUSIC-- chronicling stories of the bands, venues and times that were the late 1960s is now available as an eBook! It is available through Ebay!  First published in hardback in 2006, the coffee-table sized book has been out of print since 2009. The thumb drive version contains a new Epilogue that lists the later released CDs 15-17 as bonus content. The eBook contains 557 pages and over 800 photographs. In late 2001, after spending over 30 years reminiscing about those few years he had as a band promoter in the late 1960s, Greg Haynes realized that if someone didn't make a permanent record of the unforgettable music, times, and events of those days in the Southeast, the memories would be lost forever.

What started as a book to highlight the most popular bands ended up including groups that made the Beach Music genre a significant music form. By the time Greg wrapped up The Heeey Baby Days of Beach Music, every state in the Southeast that had a shoreline was in the book. Greg's retrospective, he says, "is not be a complete anthology of the party bands of the South in the '60s; but I believe we have achieved a fantastic overview of the most significant acts of the era and many of the lesser-known acts as well." The complete eBook on a handy USB thumb drive via First Class U.S. Mail for $29.95 +$3.19 postage and handling. You can now re-live the memories and see all the valuable (and now, many long-lost) images of the era on your laptop, computer, or tablet.

CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE YOUR COPY!

We extend our condolences to the Sandhills Shag Club as they lost a past president of nineteen years. On Wednesday, September 14, 2022, Joan Elizabeth Hall Gibson passed away. A service to celebrate her life was held on Friday, September 16, 2022. We've included her full obituary for you below as well as a link to her online guestbook if you'd like to leave your messages for the family. Our deepest prayers to her family and to all who knew and loved her.

OBITUARY:
ROCKINGHAM — Joan Elizabeth Hall Gibson passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. She was a resident at Pinehurst Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center since her stroke in March 2021. Joan was the first-born daughter of Claude M. and Josie Dawkins Hall on Aug. 26, 1945 in Baltimore, Maryland. Joan was a very outgoing and loving person who never met a stranger. She had boundless energy! Joan retired from Burlington Industries (now ITG) after 29 years of service working in the training department and the shop. Joan worked part time at American Office Supply, Inc. and Crestview Convenience Store Inc. She was a bartender for many years at Crackers.

She was very versatile and loved people. She was a devoted president to Sandhills Shag Club for 19 years and was awarded the Shag Icon in 2008. She loved her church, the beach, Fat Harold’s, shagging, and the red, white and blue (USA).

Joan is survived by her son, Leonard Harrison Gibson Jr. (Sonny) and his wife, Lisa of Huntsville, Texas; two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren her baby sister, Rita Hall Melton and husband, Harvey; and two nephews, Dustin Melton of Rockingham and Clint Melton and wife, Amanda and their children, Cora and Cade Melton of Belmont.

A service to celebrate her life will be Friday, Sept. 16 at Green Lake United Methodist Church at 4 p.m. with visitation beginning at 3 p.m. Burial will follow at Richmond Memorial Park. Memorials may be made to Green Lake United Methodist Church Cemetery Fund, 215 Clearfield Drive, Rockingham, NC 28379. Online condolences may be made at watson-kingfuneralhome.com. Watson-King Funeral Home in Rockingham is serving the family.

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