2026 Board Of Directors Nominations

Rick Kosko, Candidate For President

I’m Rick Kosko. Some of you may know me as Pony Tail Rick.

After retiring and moving here in 2012 I found the music scene in NMB. I learned how to Shag, barely, and joined the ODSC. Since 2021 I’ve been working for 94.9 The Surf radio station as part of the Road Crew and other assignments. After joining the Club I was elected in 2020 to the Board as Treasurer and served in that capacity for 4 years and am presently serving as the Vice President and Food Committee Chair. This year I am running for the Office of President and look forward to continuing to serve in that position with your support.

Ted Sobol, Candidate For Vice President

OD Shag Club member since 2015

Current Board Member, Co-Chair – Food Committee

Worked with other Committees – the SOS float, Golf tournament

On Dance Team for 3 ½ years

Primary career in sales, including 20 plus years in Insurance and Scuba Diving industry

Certified over 1,800 students with diving credentials as a PADI Dive Instructor in Florida

South East US Sales Manager for U.S. Divers/Aqua Lung

Served in the U.S. Army as a Commissioned Officer- Infantry

Active duty from 1968 thru 1972

Attended The University of Maryland

My Goals for the Club:

To grow Member participation
To continue to grow the “Dance”

Susan Salley, Candidate For Secretary

A Little about Me
by Susan Salley

I appreciate being nominated for the Secretary position for ODSC. I plan to work diligently and serve the club to the best of my ability. I am looking forward to making new friends and getting to know some others better.

I am a Carolina girl spending my youth in Orangeburg, SC and learned to shag dance at an early age from my dad and mom. They met while dancing and were known for their talents. Shag Dancing is in my blood.

I raised my beautiful family in Rock Hill, SC. I have two children, a son and a daughter, and one granddaughter who is attending the College of Charleston. They all have a great appreciation and a love of music. I moved to Ocean Drive in 2013 to dance and enjoy beach life. It is truly Paradise.

I majored in Business Education at Winthrop University and taught high school business classes for 36 years in Lancaster, SC, York, SC and Charlotte, NC. I also enjoyed working with adults at York Technical College and Winthrop University. While living in Rock Hill, SC I received my MAT degree and MEd degree from Winthrop. I also achieved National Board Certification.
The old commercial about “Stay in School” was true for me. I have a passion for helping others and I believe in lifelong learning.

When I moved to the beach, I decided to pursue another career that was on my bucket list. I enrolled in courses to help me obtain my Real Estate License. It was difficult, as I was a little older, but I have a great sense of accomplishment and this decision has reaped great rewards for me. I have helped others achieve their goal of owning property at the beach and I have made many new friends.

My hobbies include traveling and dancing. Reading and walking on the beach is a favorite pastime.

“Every Day is a Good Day to have a Great Day!”

Respectfully submitted,
Susan Salley

Beth Cornwell, Candidate For Treasurer

I am Beth Cornwell and I am running for the office of Treasurer of the O D Shag Club. Since joining the club in 2012, I have tried to be very active in the club through supporting activities such as monthly events, parades, golf tournament, helping sell golf cart tickets as well as Ways and Means merchandise, attending Myrtle Beach Manor activities, and helping with Clean Sweep.

Participating in the Pub Crawls and Beach Parties are two of my favorite things to do. I have served as Chairperson of the Ways and Means Committee and the Hospitality Committee.

This past year I have served as Secretary of the shag club, as well as holding that office in 2020. I have had experience with the office of treasurer as I held that position in 2016.

Before moving to North Myrtle Beach, we lived in Charlotte where I was born and where we raised our 3 children. I spent 36 years in the education field as both a teacher and assistant principal, mainly in the middle school years. Our children left the area when they were finished with their schooling, so we moved to North Myrtle Beach when we retired in 2012.

I love living at the beach and being in the OD Shag Club. I would like to serve as Treasurer of the OD Shag Club next year, so please give me your vote and support.

Thanks!

Lori Buck, Candidate For At Large Board Of Directors

My name is Lori Buck. I have been a member of the OD Shag Club for several years. I took on the responsibility of Membership Chairperson as soon as I joined the club and have remained in this position ever since. I have volunteered for many activities including food service, selling merchandise, selling golf cart raffle tickets, parades and the golf tournament to name a few. I have been on the Board of Directors for the past year and would like to continue to serve as a Board member next year. I believe my willingness to volunteer in many capacities speaks for itself. I hope to serve as your Board member in the upcoming year.

John Martin, Candidate For At Large Board Of Directors

My name is John Martin. I am honored to announce that I am running for the Board of Directors for the OD Shag Club. My wife, Sue and I built a home and moved here in 2023. We soon joined the OD Shag Club and have been members for two years. We have participated in the St. Patrick’s Day, SOS, and Christmas parades. My wife and I recently worked at a check-in table at the Charity Fun Run. Currently, I am the Co-Chair of the Golf Cart Fundraiser along with my wife. We enjoy the shag lifestyle very much and have met many great people associated with the club.

I have a BS in Construction Engineering from the University of Southern Mississippi and a Master of Construction Management from Western Carolina University. I retired as a Senior Project Manager after 42 years in the industrial and heavy commercial sectors of construction. I am a former President of the River Run HOA in Reidsville, NC.

I look forward to continued service with the club in any capacity that I can assist.

Carl Sivertsen, Candidate For At Large Board Of Directors

I am running to become a member of the O.D. Shag Club Board of Directors so that I can help the club meet the basic objective set out in the bylaws. “to perpetuate and preserve the Shag dance, the rhythm and blues and beach music, …”

A little bit about me: I grew up in NJ, just minutes from NYC, attended college in Athens Alabama, taught school and coached high school/ junior high sports, got drafted and served in the Army Medical Corps, began my local government career in 1973 working in public health and planning and zoning. Retired in 2013 and moved out of the Washington D.C. area and began retired life in the Market Common area of Myrtle Beach.

Volunteering and serving the community has been a lifelong activity as I believe in working today for a better tomorrow. Some of my multi-year volunteer activities include: youth sports coach, greeter at church, board of zoning appeals member /chairman, planning commission member / chairman, foster care review board, airports advisory commission, organ donor commission, Council of Government ( DC area) arbovirus committee chairman, volunteer ranger at Wolf Trap Park for the Performing Arts, regular volunteer at Gotta Swing dance events, etc. As a result of my many years of service I was recognized by the Virginia House of Delegates, Fairfax County, Town of Herndon, and Athens State University.

Shortly after moving to SC, we joined the Shag club and began our transition from swing (Lindy) to shagging. Over the eight or so years of club membership we became regulars at the dance lessons. Over the past few years I have sold many raffle tickets, staffed the club merchandise tent, set up/cleaned up and served at several dinner events. Recently, an opening came up on the advertising committee – so I have been busy retaining and growing our advertiser support.

This year I thought it was time to move into a new position with club so that I can have a role in growing our membership and community involvement. I strongly believe that the club and the entire shag community needs to reach out to the next generation of shaggers so that the club objective of “preserving the Shag dance” can be achieved and future generations will find enjoyment as a Shag dancer…