Thursday, March 31 2022
Party in Elmwood announced their 2022 Beach Music lineup on March 31, 2022. The Beach Music series runs for nineteen weeks and is held every Thursday from 5:30PM until 8:30PM at Elmwood Park located at: 706 S. Jefferson St., Roanoke, Virginia 24011. Admission is only $5.00 at the gate and kids under the age of twelve are free. They do offer a season pass for $85.00 but you need to purchase before May 1, 2022 on their website. Also be sure to head over to their Facebook page and give them a follow. Check out the awesome lineup below! 2022 Schedule:
Wednesday, March 30 2022
The Beach Shaggers National Hall of Fame announced their 2022 Inductees on March 19, 2022 at the Spanish Galleon Beach Club in N. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The induction ceremony will take place during the Shagattack Fall Party October 14th and 15th 2022. For full information on that event, we ask that you visit the ShagAttack website. We'd like to say congratulations to Sara West Kemp, E.A. Neelon, Tonya Brantley, Sydney Kale Rhame, Sam West, Sy Creed, Ervin Ellington and Jimmy Mills. Photo property of the Beach Shaggers National Hall of Fame - Click to view full size! Tuesday, March 29 2022
The 2022 Keepers of the Dance Inductees were announced March 19, 2022 at the Spanish Galleon in N. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina as announced by the Beach Shaggers National Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will take place during the Shagattack Fall Party October 14th and 15th 2022. For full information on that event, we ask that you visit the ShagAttack website. We'd like to say congratulations to Myers Varn Floyd and River Harmon! There's a video of the announcement from the Beach Shaggers National Hall of Fame Facebook page.
Sunday, March 27 2022
On November 17, 2022, the Beach Music industry lost another DJ with the passing of DJ Betty Brown. The South Strand Shag Club shared, "May 14, 4-7pm, a memorial will be held at Fat Harold's backroom". Many of Betty's friends have expressed their love across various social media pages and groups. We send our condolences to Betty's family as we know this will be an emotional time during the celebration of life. The address for Harold's is: 212 Main St, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29582 and if you have any questions on the memorial, please call the club directly at: (843) 249-5779 Friday, March 25 2022
The Lincolnton Alive After Five concert series has been announced. The series runs from May through September and the events are held at: 119 Court Square Lincolnton, North Carolina, 28092 2022 dates to remember: Thursday, March 24 2022
"Imagine....spending a week with Rick & Lesa and being serenaded by all their multi-award winning feel good happy music while basking on a Sunny Day with warm Caribbean breezes caressing your face sipping yummy tropical beverages on the NEWEST & LARGEST cruise ship in the WORLD! Sound like a Dream Come True? Dream no more! Come join us in 2023!!" That was the post shared on the Rick Strickland Band Facebook page on Monday, March 21, 2022. The dates for the cruise is January 29, 2023 to February 5, 2023.
Wednesday, March 16 2022
On March 15, 2022, Rivermist released their new single, "Pucker Up" on Daxwood Records. The song was written by Allen Pier and produced by Doyle Wood. We've included a copy of the song below. Be sure to support your DJ's, radio stations and Rivermist by calling and requesting it on your favorite stations. If any DJ does not have a copy, you can send an email here!
Monday, March 14 2022
March 14, 2022 - In a Facebook post on March 12, 2022, Jim Stoudemire updated everyone on his recent medical procedures and his current condition. We've included the post for you below along with a link to a GoFundMe that has been setup to help with medical bills not covered by insurance. We send our well wished to Jim and we look forward to your return to the stage.
Thursday, February 24 2022
Next week, many will be headed towards N. Myrtle Beach to take part in the 31st Annual DJ Throwdown presented by the Association of Beach and Shag Club DJs. The event will be held March 3rd, 4th and 5th at Fat Harold's Beach Club. This will be a free event! In a recent post, the ABSCDJs stated: "This is a 3 day event in Ocean Drive beach and is dedicated 100% to preserving the origins of the Shag. We will be going back to basics with 2 afternoons (11 hours) of Vinyl music! There will be 70+ DJs playing all of your favorite songs by the original artists! The Beach Music DJ Hall of Fame inductions will occur on Friday night, Shag lessons with Mandy Holt and River Harmon on Saturday morning and FREE FOOD on Saturday afternoon. We hope to see you in the Fat Man's House!"
Wednesday, February 16 2022
On February 15, 2022 WIZS radio announced on their website the Granville North Carolina Chamber of Commerce had released their 2022 band schedule for the Alive After Five series. The article noted: "The 2022 season kicks off Thursday, April 28 in downtown Oxford when the Carolina Soul Band comes to town. Downtown Creedmoor will host The Pizazz Band at the second concert on Thursday, June 9 and the final concert of the series will be Thursday, Sept. 22 back in downtown Oxford. The band will be announced at a later date, according to Chamber Executive Director Lauren Roberson." For full details and updates on the event including sponsopship levels, you can read the article from WIZS and be sure to contact the chamber as well on their website. |
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