Birthday Bash

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SOS Brunch

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CHRISTMAS PARTY 2022 and CHRISTMAS FAMILIES

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Donna Williams

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On December 10, 2022, the OD Shag Club put on it’s annual Christmas Party/Fund and Food raiser at Fat Harold’s. What a night for the large crowd who were lucky enough to join us. Wearing their best Christmas party duds 250+ came to celebrate and do what they could to support our Christmas Family giving tradition. We danced, we ate a delicious meal provided by our caterer chosen by the exceptional team of Terry and Kathy McCoy and Paulette Miller. Our celebration meal was so good, and we had so many people we had to give out 2 extra colored tickets in addition to our regular 3. It was quite the feast and quite a wonderful night. Our group of Christmas elves dancers graced us with another of their elf dances to the delight of the crowd.

Given the generosity of our members and guest, we were able to provide our 5 Christmas families with Santa’s wish list, gifts, toys including several bikes and food galore. On Sunday morning some of your board members

assembled at the President’s home to divide all the food collected. Connie Pangburn, Linda Campbell and Donna Williams continued their day grocery shopping for the families with the money collected. Wow, what a haul and really fun. On Monday morning, your President and several board members happily delivered all the truck load of stuff to the school.

Thank you, OD Shag Club, to all who donated, and the Board members who separated and who delivered. It is an exceptionally good feeling to be a part of this major undertaking. Merry Christmas to all.  

Myrtle Beach Manor

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Joe Harrill

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What a wonderful time everyone had at the Myrtle Beach Manor on Monday night! The OD Shag Club entertained over 30 residents of the Manor with singing, dancing and gifts. Such a humbling experience to talk and laugh with the residents and see them having fun. Thank you, Charlie and Connie for leading the event and the dancing, Bill for being the DJ, all the elves for their costumes and dancing, and Bernie for taking pictures. Thank you shag club members for participating in the event. Connie the “chicken dance” was a hit! One resident asked if Jim Robinson was part “Chicken.” Beautiful poinsettias and gift bags were given out to the residents at the conclusion. If you haven’t attended this event plan for next year! It was great.

November Party

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Sheryl Barker

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Nomination Halloween Party

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Rick Kosko

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The Club’s October Party was held on the 15^th with opening remarks from President Donna Williams.  Donna, along with Ron Pugh from the Nominations Committee introduced the slate of candidates.  The invocation was given by Randy Sherrill.

The meal for this party was a fish fry with French fries, hush puppies, coleslaw and assorted desserts. Thanks to Terry McCoy and his team for preparing our meal and to Paulette Miller and her volunteers for serving.  We fed approximately 130 attendees and Fat Harold’s staff.

The Club’s “Monsters” provided the entertainment by dancing for us to the song The Monster Mash.  Very unique costumes and dance routine.

Connie Pangburn, from the Entertainment Committee, hosted a Costume Contest for the members.  There was plenty of participation with a wide variety of costumes. The winners were:

1^st place – Kay Hughes, Scariest

2^nd Place – Lori Setzer as “Beaker” from the Muppets

3^rd Place – Janet Gold as “Dirty Laundry”

The results of the Election for 2023 Officers and Board of Directors are:

President – Wayne Baldwin

Vice President – Charlie Pangburn

Secretary – Monica Powell

Treasurer – Rick Kosko

Director – Al Cosgrove

Director – Lou Garrenton

Director – Connie Livingston

Congratulations to the newly elected Board and Officers.  Serving with them for 2023 are Director Jim Robinson and Director Karen Young.

2nd Beach Party

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Due to popular demand, the 2^nd Beach Party of 2022 was held September 13^th. What a beautiful evening it was. With again 100+ in attendance, we felt the sand on our feet, the wind blowing through our hair and excitement in the air. We saw a lot of the same faces but also a bunch of new ones. JJ Kinlaw played our tunes and did a terrific job. He and I had planned a surprise and it turned out better than I thought it would. With the signal, Jay got on the speaker and asked everyone to get up in a circle and we were going to do a dance everyone knew. This great group did just that and then all of a sudden, a familiar tune came on and we all laughed and began to do the old dance from the past that we all loved The Hokey Pokey. If you have never seen 100+ barefoot people put in and take out body parts on the beach you should have been there. It was a real treat. Everyone was laughing and dancing and my heart puffed right up. How many times in your life can you get so much pleasure for free? Well, guys and girls stayed tuned for 2023 because if I have anything to do with it, we will be doing more of these beach parties. Looking forward to seeing you there. Bring your dancing feet.

Beach Party

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SOS Bruch

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Linda Campbell

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The morning sky was Carolina Blue and with a crisp Fall feel but temperatures were warming up for a perfect day.  Before 10:00am, the members were lining up at the entrance door ready to get inside to begin what was to be one of our largest attended brunches.  Over 300+ people attended the brunch and unfortunately/fortunately, we ran out of food and, we could not feed ALL who attended.  It was so good to see so many shaggers out wanting to support the club AND enjoy themselves as a part of our club’s major event.

Charlie Glazer played our favorite tunes, as the colors were called for each one to line up in two separate lines to enjoy a full breakfast of eggs, bacon, sausage, grits, biscuits, and fruit.  Of course ,the highlight of the brunch is always our famous “Liquid Sunshine of Bloody Mary’s and Screwdrivers”. 

Wayne Baldwin and Sue Wehner were very busy selling OD Shag Club merchandise as was Jim Robinson trying to sell the few Golf Cart Fundraiser tickets that he had left.   There were several guests at the brunch including those from the SOS and ACSC boards and we were honored to have them join us for breakfast.

The 50/50 winner was  announced, as well as the Name tag and Logo winners.

As the brunch ended, and members and guests left with most just walking across the street to the Fun Sunday event ,where Jim Quick and

 Coastline were preparing to play.  This Sunday began to be a great start to the first full week of SOS Fall Migration 2022.

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OD Shag Club 31st Annual SOS Charity Golf Tournament

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Charlie Pangburn

First Beach Party

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Donna Williams

August 23, 2022 we started something different for our new members and all our beach diehards. We had our 1^st Dance Barefoot in the Sand Beach Party. With permission from the city and our great supporters Jessica and Harold Whorley providing the electricity for us, we started at 5pm behind the OD Pavilion. JJ Kinlaw set up his outside studio and provided 100+ people with the great music we needed to be able to accomplish what we set out to do. We had a terrific turnout, great weather, great music, great camaraderie and so much laughter and fun we completed our 1^st of what we hope is many dancing barefoot in the sand events. Based on all the wonderful laughter, eager participation, so many compliments, and so many requests for another we are looking forward to another great night on September 13, 2022. What a wonderful tradition to start.

2023 Nomination Party

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Karen Young

The OD Shag Club Nominations Party was held Saturday, August 20, 2022 at Fat Harold’s Beach Club.  The first item on the agenda was a discussion on the proposed change to the bylaws which would allow the position of Treasurer to run for 4 consecutive terms instead of 2.  After some discussion from some club members, who asked for the Treasurer to provide copies of the Bank Statement and the Credit Card Statement to the Board every month which was agreed upon, a show of hands vote was taken, and the change approved.   There were 115 members present.  The vote was 95 yes and 20 no.  Linda Campbell presented the following list of nominees:

President:  Wayne Baldwin

Vice-President:  Charles Pangburn

Secretary:  Faye Nobles

                     Monica Powell

Treasurer:   Rick Kosko

Board of Directors (3 openings):

        Al Cosgrove

        Barry Dyer

        Lou Garrenton

        Terry Holmes

        Larry Jones

        Connie Livingston

        Ron Pugh

        Randy Sherrill

There were no nominations from the floor.

A delicious barbeque meal prepared by Terry McCoy and his crew was served up by Paulette Miller and her crew of volunteers.  

Donna reminded everyone that the beach party was to be held Tuesday, August 23^rd near the Horseshoe.

Charity Fun Run

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Monica Powell

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We had a great fun run and the weather cooperated!  This event could not be done without a lot of volunteers.  Many thanks to Lori Setzer, Tim Webb, Sandy Cummings, Paulette Miller, Karen Young, John Barringer, Nancy Sook, Linda Campbell, Rick Kosko, Jim & Sharon Robinson, Terry & Kathy McCoy, Burnie & Donna Williams, Donna Short, Faye Nobles, Wayne & Anita Baldwin, Bill & Joan Bacon, Charlie & Connie Pangburn, Paula Webb, and Lou Garrenton.  We could not have pulled this off without their help!  Thank you …..thank you.

Besides all our winners, our charity is also a winner.  We will be donating $2,500 to the Johnny L. Causey Scholarship Fund for First Responders and their children in NMB.  

Thank YOU for attending and being generous!  I hope you had fun.

P.S.  The 50/50 winner took home $823.

All my thanks go our to my volunteers and to you for attending this event!

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Junior SOS Brunch

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Donna Williams

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Another great morning at the OD Shag Club Brunch welcoming 125 Junior SOS participants and their families along with the Junior SOS Board and helpers. A terrific way to start another beautiful day at the beach. So many happy faces, smiles, and thank you’s from a really great group of people. We had delicious food served with loving hands from our awesome food team and new members. A special thank you to Terry & Kathy who brought grandchildren to SOS and still had time to make sure we had enough food to feed everyone. Paulette, again and again, great service.

A huge thank you to Garrett Humphries and his ever-giving Board and staff. Without them, the future of our dance would not be where it is today. It is so much fun to watch these young people in various stages of dance knowledge. From the smallest to the tallest, they get out on the dance floor and dance like no one is watching. WAY TO GO KIDS!!!!!!  A lot of the girls wore their (new to them) dance shoes collected from Betty Ladwig’s shoe crew. Thanks, ladies, and gents for making that possible.

If you have not done so, please next year volunteer to help with Junior SOS at some point during the week. The volunteers that help their board give so graciously to make a difference in a child/kids life. You actually see their starting place and their ending place and it is a very rewarding experience.

Last but not least, thanks to all who helped clean up. We so appreciate your dedication and desire to make a difference.

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New Member Meet and Greet

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Donna Williams

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What a great night. We combined our June party with our new member event in order to have more “seasoned” members to be able to be a part of greeting our new members. We are growing this year by leaps and bounds and it is not easy to recognize all of our new members. We all want and need to welcome them to our great club. We were better able to do that because last year’s Entertainment chair Lori Setzer came up with a great idea. That was to “red tag” the new members name tags with a red attachment indicating they are a “New Member”. Thanks Lori. Boy does that help us all. The night was a near perfect setting. Beautiful faces, beautiful smiles, great food, great turnout of 138 members and 5 guest, super music and of course we were in our home away from home Fat Harold’s. This year’s Entertainment chair, Connie Pangburn is doing a super job as well. Not only did we get to see all these beautiful people, but Connie also had a collection of prizes that only our new members were eligible for. Surprised happy faces all over the place. Donna introduced the board members, welcomed our new members to the floor and put names with faces for our September golf tournament group. It was truly a great welcome for our new members who attended and a happy event for our “seasoned” members to see all the new faces. Hopefully this will become a tradition. Check out the pictures for all the beautiful smiles.

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Cook Out

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Jim Robinson

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Saville’s successfully hosted our annual cookout and corn hole contest with good weather and a good turnout of around 160, including 3 guest and 2 new members.

Glen Strange one the corn hole tournament for the men and Shirley Dyson for the ladies, thanks to Connie Pangburn’s efficient management of the operation. And Charlie helped!

Terry and Kathy McCoy, along with their minions, Ken Dawson and Joe Harrill, cooked up 200 hotdogs and 200 hamburgers, while Paulette Miller and her team helped serve up the fixings, along with a pool table full of side dishes and another pool table full of desserts donated by members.

50/50 tickets sold by the effervescent Al Cosgrove, raised funds for the club and enough to award $135 to the winner, Doris Goldman.

Only 106 Golf Cart raffle tickets of the original 3,800 remain after Jim Robinson sold47 at the event.

We concluded our fun evening with a $25 prize given to our red ticket member who wears their name tag and our blue ticket member who wears our logo apparel. The name of our red ticket winner is unknown.  Jim Robinson was our lucky blue ticket logo winner.  

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SOS Parade

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Linda Campbell

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After a two-year delay, due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, finally there was a “GO” from the SOS board for the 2022 SOS Spring Safari Parade. 

The OD Shag Club had been preparing for this for over two years by late Presidents Billy Powell and John Setzer, so it was agreed we would honor their theme idea of “ROLLING THRU THE SANDS…THE OD SHAG CLUB CARAVAN”!

For some six to seven weeks, in the garage of Bill and Diane Millman, the work began on the focal point of the float; that being a completely cardboard and papier-mache 4X8 Sphinx.

special thanks go out to Gil Geiger, Bill and Diane Millman, Mark and Kay Hughes, Linda and Ron Brashears, Kim and Janine Davis, Ken Dawkins, Susan Davenport, Lori Stone, Donna Williams, and Linda Campbell, who were responsible for the build of the float. On the Float were several kings, including our DJ Terry McPhail, Bill Millman, David Hoard, Burnie Williams, Al Cosgrove, Randy Riddle, Gil Geiger and Princess Diane, Betty, Susan, Joan.  The main focal point besides the King Sphinx was, of course, Little Egypt (AKA Lou Martino).

Not only was the float amazing due to the creative talents of the above members of the ODSC, the Nine Golf Carts also displayed fun and artistic themed decorations, such as “Oasis Bar and Grill, Clyde and Co Camel Traders, Pharaohs Phuneral Parlor, and many others.  The ODSC is blessed to have talents of Kay and Mark Hughes, Robin and Julie King, and myself as we dressed the carts to go along with the theme.

Leading the parade of course were our banner carriers dressed in their Egyptian God costumes Bill and Donna Althoff followed by Eleven Egyptian Dancing Princesses: Connie Livingston, Linda Campbell, Diane Millman, Donna Williams, Lori Stone, Collette Webster, Connie Panburgn, Janice Flibott, Linda Brashears, Susan Salley, and Cindy Geiger. 

So much fun, excitement was felt as the parade went down Main Street, along with the other SOS Club entries.  The crowds on the sides of the streets were shouting and hands waving for beads and clapping for their favorite club. 

The ODSC wants to send grateful thanks to the Parade Board, to Terry and Kathy McCoy, who have taken Donnie and Wendy Schultz place as Parade Chairs.  Special thanks go to the SOS Parade judges as the OD Shag Club took First Place Most Original. 

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE INVOLVED TO HELP MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND WE SO LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THIS AGAIN NEXT YEAR!!

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Spring SOS Brunch

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Joe Harrill

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The OD Shag Club held their annual brunch at the OD Arcade on Sunday 4/24/2022.The renown Murl Augustine played the tunes from 10 until noon. Great to see Murl back in the booth! Over 200 people attended the enjoyable event. Mimosas, Bloody Mary’s, and wonderful food from the Arcade were served..  Old friendships were renewed and new ones made with dancing and conversation. It was an electric atmosphere as people were having fun, dancing, eating, buying golf cart raffle tickets and OD Shag Club logo clothing. Donna Williams, President of the Shag Club made a few announcements: a special clothing sale will be held soon, the Parade will be held on 4/30/2022, and a vintage jacket will be sold at silent auction. She especially thanked all the volunteers that helped serve the food, sell tickets and clothing and that worked(work) on the float for the Parade. None of this could happen without everyone’s help. A 50/50 drawing was held at the close of the party.

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St. Parade’s Day Parade

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Rick Kosko

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The St. Patrick’s Day Parade in North Myrtle Beach was huge success, even though it was delayed a week because of weather.  The Shag Club was one of over a hundred entrants who participated after a COVID hiatus.  The weather was perfect for outside activities.  The Shag Club had 9 golf carts, 6 members walking and a total of 35 of our members participating in the parade.  Even though our contingency may have been small, we still managed to represent very well and took the 1^st Place Award for Enthusiasm!  A good time was had by all and thanks to those who made it possible!

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OD Shag Club Oyster Roast

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Charlie Pangburn

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On a beautiful night that hinted at the coming of Spring, the OD Shag Club Oyster Roast was held at the OD Arcade on February 19, 2022.  Committee Chairs Terry and Kathy McCoy and Paulette Miller led a team of close to 30 volunteers in putting on the Roast, which is considered by many to be one of the premier events on the Shag Club’s calendar.  Working for more than two days, this team worked tirelessly to prepare and serve 50 bushels of oysters and two huge pots of bog that contained 80 pounds of chicken.

Attending and enjoying the event were more than 200 Club members and 11 guests.  Music was provided by DJ Bill Anderson.  Jim Robinson and the Golf Cart Committee sold golf cart raffle tickets, and Wayne and Anita Baldwin and Sue Wehner sold OD Shag Club merchandise, including a specially designed Oyster Roast Tee shirt.  Al Cosgrove sold 50/50 tickets.  As always, Judy Caulder and the Hospitality Committee greeted all attendees and supported the event.

By all accounts, the 2022 Oyster Roast was a huge success that easily met the high standards for which the annual event has become known.

Christmas Kids

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Karen Young

Each year the OD Shag Club sponsors several families with elementary school children for Christmas.  This year, we had 7 families with 7 children.

I would like to thank all those who helped with the Christmas Kids project for the OD Shag Club this year.  Jeannie Brandt, Beth Cornwell and Cindy Day were there for the shopping days for the 7 kids. Jeannie Brandt, Paula Webb, Anita Baldwin, and Joan Bacon helped wrap all the gifts.  We were able to get almost everything on the kids’ wish lists so they should have a very Merry Christmas. 

I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas, too.

Christmas Party

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MANY OF THE ODSC MEMBERS WHERE AT FAT HAROLD’S CHRISTMAS PARTY

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Myrtle Beach Manor

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Charlie and Connie Pangburn

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We want to say THANK YOU to all the members of the club who attended the Christmas party on December 6, 2021.  Your participation and interaction with the residents was phenomenal.  The smiles on the faces of the residents and their participation in the play and sing a longs was truly a joy to see.  You displayed the true meaning of Christmas to these folks by your enthusiasm and support for the event.  Without you, it wouldn’t have happened.
 
A special thanks to Gracie and Connor, our junior dancers, who were a huge hit with the residents!  A big thank you also to our own Bill Anderson, DJ for the evening who helped move things along smoothly, our photographers, Kay & Mark Hughes, and Bill and Diane Millman (Santa and his lovely helper). We also want to thank Diane Millman, along with Connie Livingston, for creating and teaching the “Elf Dance”.  It was a huge hit with the residents and just a whole lot of fun to do.
 
Again, we want to thank each and every one of you for making this evening a success and putting a smile on several faces during this special time of year. We wish each and every one of you a Merry Christmas and a healthy and happy New Year.

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Christmas Parade

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Billy Powell

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The NMB Christmas parade was held on Saturday, December 4^th and the OD Shag Club was certainly a part of the entertainment.  Buddy (Bill Millman) and his favorite elf (Diane Millman) led our entry and they had a lot of elves walking with them to throw out beads. 

We were extremely popular with the children.  You could hear as murmur in the crowd of kids as the banner went by with “They have Beads!!!”  We had great golf carts all shining in the dark with fantastic lights!

A special thank you to John Barringer and Nancy Sook for signing everyone in and handing out the beads.

Also, special mention to Mark Adcock who took his Model T (from the 2019 SOS parade) and turned it into a 1917 Ford Truck pulling a trailer.  Great way to recycle Mark!

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Thanksgiving Party

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Donna Williams

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The OD Shag Club held our Thanksgiving Party November 20, 2021. What a great night. We were greeted by our lovely hospitality ladies set up in the grill room at Fat Harold’s. You know right off you are in the right place when you are greeted with smiles and laughter. Sure sets the tone for the night. We started off with brief announcements and reminders so we could get to the super music played by Kitty Earles. At 6:30 we began serving the 160 people in attendance. Terry and crew fixed all the hams and turkeys to perfection.  All the delicious sides and dessert were catered by Boulineau’s, and they too were delicious. After dinner our 2021 Al Cain winner, Billy Powell, was announced and was congratulated by all. It was a fun filled evening with wonderful music, food, fanfare, and most of all wonderful smiling and laughing people. 

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Election Halloween Party

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Fall SOS Clean Sweep

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Joan Bacon

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On a beautiful October morning; Saturday October 2nd to be exact, our great group
From the OD Shag Club met at 8:30 in the parking lot of Deckerzs . We had coffee, biscuits and doughnuts then just visited for a while.

Then we hit the streets to pick up trash. We gathered 19 bags of trash!

We had 22 participants.  Including some of our new members. A special thank you to them and everyone!

Also we thank Deckerzs for allowing us to use their parking lot as a meeting place!

Hope to see everyone after our next SOS event!

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Golf Cart Winner

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Lori Setzer

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We are excited to report that we sold all our golf cart raffle tickets for the 4^th year in a row. We want to thank the many members who worked shifts to sell tickets, purchased tickets and supported our club.  A special thank you to Monica Powell, Communications Chair for the many emails sent out for our committee. Thanks to Lulu at Fat Harold’s Andy he staff at McMillan’s for allowing us to sell on their property. We also want to thank Mike Graham for always being willing to help us select a cart, letting us sell in front of his business and selling tickets for us.

What does it take to sell 3500 tickets?

• Our team and volunteers sold tickets at 22 days of selling events. We sold at Graham’s, Fat Harold’s, Shag club events, Little River Crab Festival, and SOS.  Our volunteers sold tickets in freezing weather in February and triple digit heat index weather in summer.
• We had 27 club members sell blocks of tickets for the golf cart raffle. 
• We mailed tickets, delivered tickets, raffled cakes, and did whatever it took to reach our goal                                                                                                            

Congratulations to our 2021 golf cart winner Sandy Hutchins.  She purchased ticket #1818 at the Little River Crab Festival in May.  She lives in Laurinburg, NC and has a vacation home in Cherry Grove.  She was thrilled to win and promised to buy lots of tickets next year.

Your Golf Cart Fundraiser Committee

Jim and Monica Palmieri

John and Lori Setzer

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SOS Brunch

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Donna Williams

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The Fall OD Shag Club Brunch was held September 19, 2021. What a great way to start a day!!! Our friendly, hardworking hospitality ladies greeted all with smiles as 179 people came through the door. Our Ways and Means committee and their helpers had multiple tables of well-chosen colorful items which resulted in lots of members carrying bags out the door. Charlie Glazer played some great dance music, and the OD Arcade did their usual with a really good breakfast and of course their happy juices. We had another successful 50/50 with a donation from the winner being made back to the club.

If you missed it, you missed a great time. This is such a super way to see your friends, dance and just have fun. Please join us next time. Thanks to all who were able to attend and special thanks to all who helped out our great club. Your help does not go unnoticed.

Until next time, be well and stay safe.

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Annual SOS Fall Charity Golf Tournament

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Charlie Pangburn

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Under a beautiful sky and near perfect conditions, the 30^th Annual SOS Fall Charity Golf Tournament was held at the Valley at Eastport Golf Club on September 18, 2021.  Golf Committee Co-Chairs Judy Caulder, Glenn Strange, Bob Miller and Karen Young led a team of more than 30 volunteers in reprising the Fall classic after its absence from the calendar last year.

Numerous sponsors and prize donors helped make the event an enjoyable one for the 108 golfers who participated.  In addition to the Tournament winners and winning raffle ticket holders, prizes were given to individual golfers who prevailed in the Closest to Center Line, Closest to Pin, Longest Drive and Putting contests.

In terms of both the enjoyment of the golfers and volunteers and the money raised for charities, the 2021 Tournament was a huge success that set a high standard for future years.

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Nominations Party

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Rick Kosco

The August 2020 meeting of the Shag Club was held on Saturday the 21^st at Fat Harold’s with 116 members and 2 guests in attendance.  The meeting was called to order by the President, John Setzer and invocation was by Wayne Baldwin. The menu for the meeting was a Fish Fry prepared by Terry McCoy and his crew, and after a bit of a rocky start, they were able to provide a great meal as always.  Food service was provided by Paulette Miller and her helpers, which went very smoothly.  Thanks to Terry and Paulette for heading this up.

The August meeting was also our Nominations meeting for Board Members for the 2022 Elections to be held in October.  Joe Harrill, Chairman of the Committee, presented the names for the ballot solicited by the Committee,

Officers

President – Donna Williams

Vice President – Wayne Baldwin

Secretary – Charlie Pangburn

Treasurer – Rick Kosko

Board of Directors (2 positions open)

Joan Bacon

Sheryl Barker

Jim Richardson

Karen Young

Nominations were then opened to the floor and the following names were added to the ballot for Board of Directors,

Paulette Broadway

Kathy McCoy

Nancy Sook

The “New Member Bingo”, presented for the 1^st time by Lori Setzer and the Entertainment Committee, was well received and enjoyed by the membership

As the meeting drew to a close the awards and drawings were held.

Winners of the “New Member Bingo” were Jane Koonce and Sheila Wright.  Donna Williams won the Name Badge drawing, Douglas Gregory won the LOGO drawing and Linda Morrison won the 50/50 drawing.

Looking forward to seeing everyone in September.

SOS Brunch

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Linda Campbell

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The doors to the OD Arcade were locked, however, people began lining up to get inside for the OD Shag Club June SOS Brunch around 8:00am, even though the brunch did not start till 10:00am. 

This was the first brunch that the club has had in almost 18 months, and EVERYONE was ready to partake in the great breakfast cooked by the staff of the OD Arcade, drink some “liquid sunshine” and hear the great tunes of DJ Bill Anderson (and guest LOL).

The brunch was called to order by President John Setzer and Al Cosgrove gave the blessing after John gave some important announcements about the day, as well as introducing the 2021 Board.

In attendance were himself, President, Donna Williams, Vice President,

Rick Kosco, Treasurer, Board Members Wayne Baldwin, Linda Campbell, Joe Harrell, Monica Palmieri, and Billy Powell.  Absent was Secretary Charlie Pangburn.

The Golf Cart Committee of Lori (and John) Setzer, Jim and Monica Palmieri were there selling Golf Cart Tickets and a chance to win one of Lori’s famous Carrot Cakes.  And the lucky winner was….

Shirley Dyson and she also won $20 for name tag as well!

Nancy Pardini was the $20 winner for logo. Jesse Becker won the 50/50.

There were approximately 166 members and 12 guests in attendance who all seemed to be having such a great time and seemed ready to get their SOS week started off right with dancing, fellowship, and fun.

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Charity Fun Run

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Clean Sweep

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Joan Bacon

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Fellow Shag Club Members, thank you thank you to all who participated in our Clean Sweep on Saturday the tenth! You all are greatly appreciated especially since it was miserably HOT!

What a fantastic turn out! We had 33 members(some for the first time) and we collected 39 bags!

Again thank you and hope to see you at the Fall Clean Sweep! At least it will be cooler:)!

Photos by Linda Campbell

Shaggin to the Blue Cruise

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Gordon Robinson

May Pizza Party

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Joe Harrill

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Wow, it has been over a year, but we are finally back in action!! The club met at Fat Harold’s in Ocean Drive and everyone had their fill of wonderful pizza cooked by Main Slice in OD. Thank you, Paulette and your crew, for food set-up and arrangement. The cake was also very good.  

A tremendous turnout of 163 people enjoyed the night. John Setzer President, opened the meeting with welcomes, discussed the 50/50 drawing, golf cart ticket sales, and the brunch on June 20 at the Arcade. Linda Campbell gave the prayer.

Thank everyone for coming out as it was great seeing the Shag Club friends. Dennis Brumble and Jimmy Buffkin did a great job providing the music. See you at the brunch!

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Blue Crab Golf Ticket Sales

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Lori Setzer

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I want to publicly thank the 22 club members who scheduled and worked shifts at the Little River Crab Festival. This group stepped to the plate and committed to covering the needed shifts. While we had other members, who supported us by coming by and buying tickets, offering breaks etc. —these were the club members who got it done. We sold 671 raffle tickets during the festival.  I am proud of the work that this group did to sell tickets, help with tent take down, take pictures, demo shag dance basics and otherwise promote our club.  We gave out over 40 membership applications for the club and talked to lots of people who are interested in learning to shag. I truly believe that our volunteers are the backbone of the OD Shag Club.  We enjoyed working with this team and want to recognize the work that they did.  When you see them please say thank you?

John Setzer, Linda Campbell, Mark and Kay Hughes, Joe Harrill, Barry and Julie Dyer, Ron Pugh, Becki Roberts, Judy Caulder, Jeff and Sheryl Dennis, Suzanne Williams, Wayne and Anita Baldwin, Paulette Miller, Andy and Lynn Gabriel, Bill Anderson, Izzie Cledaras, Sheryl Barker, Lou Martino.

Memorial Service

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Linda Campbell

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On April 22, 2021 at 10:00 am the sun was shining brightly on the beach, but the wind was blowing a bitter cold breeze.  However, more than 180 people were gathering with their chairs, blankets, hot drinks on the beach straight out from the horseshoe. They were waiting for a word of comfort, a song of encouragement and a time of reflection as the Memorial service began.

 Linda Campbell, Board Member and 2018 Past President welcomed everyone there and then opened the service with a prayer.  She then explained that there would be a reading of the names of the members of the OD Shag Club that were lost during 2020 and 2021 and a RED rose would be placed in the vase representing each name that was read.  Also, being read would be the names of “Friends” of the OD Shag Club and a YELLOW rose would be placed in the vase to represent them.  John Setzer, President of the ODSC read the names of the OD Shag Club and Judy Caulder, Hospitality Chair read the names of the Friends.

Linda Campbell read a poem “THE DASH”.

Christina Cooper Black was introduced and sang her version of Carrie Underwood’s “How Great Thou Art”. 

Paulette Miller, Food Committee Co-Chair then invited everyone to help themselves to Ham biscuits, veggie tray and cookies while they continued to fellowship with each other.

Lou Martino, Dance Team Co-Chair, provided the music for the service.

The beautiful vase of flowers and a framed print of the memorial names was taken to Fat Harold’s to be on displayed for their Re-opening set for that afternoon.

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March Drive Thru

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Donna Williams

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We celebrated the first day of Spring with our March Drive Thru Saturday March 20, 2021. Though it did not feel much like we think of as Spring weather, it was a day of joy just seeing our members and fellow workers at another OD. Shag Club event. In spite of the wind, cold and rain it was a great day to be out and about and see all the great people we have missed so much. 148 people came through with their mask on to buy golf cart tickets and get their chicken and goodies barbecued by Terry and crew and served by our great volunteers. Thanks to all who attended, bought tickets and shared their smiles and laughter with all of us who were so delighted to see them. Until next time, stay safe and be well. 

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Golf Cart Ticket Sales

FEBRUARY 2021

Christmas Dinner

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HAPPY NEW YEAR FORM THE ODSC

Christmas Delivery

I would like to give a special thank you to Jim Sterner for providing the music on Saturday for the drive-thru.  Jim contacted me and volunteered to play Christmas music for the 2 hour drive thru.  He is a new member and his music put all of us in the Christmas spirit!

I would like to give some special thanks to our Christmas Family Chairperson, Karen Young, and her team of Jean Brandt and Rich Young for helping shop for clothes and toys for our seven kids.  It was quite a lot of work to find the items the children requested.  Karen & Jean also wrapped all the gifts.  It took hours to complete the wrapping not to mention the shopping.  The ODSC is going to provide these kids with a wonderful Christmas.

On Sunday, the following volunteers helped sort and box up all the food to be given to the families of the kids:  Joe and Beth Cornwall, Wayne Baldwin, Rick Kosko, Sue Wehner, Lori and John Setzer, Donna and Bernie Williams, Rich & Karen Young, and Monica Powell.

Monday, we delivered the food and gifts to the school where the parents will pick them up.  Karen & Rich Young, Wayne Baldwin, Lori and John Setzer, Donna and Bernie Williams and I also delivered the surplus food to North Strand Helping Hands to help other families in need.  Again, thanks to all of you.

Below is a picture of the quantity of food and Christmas gifts for our families.  It was awesome!  Thank you so much.
 
Merry Christmas to our wonderful shag family,
Billy Powell

Christmas Drive

Hello ODSC Members,

We just finished our Christmas Drive Thru and I want to take a moment to thank all our volunteers.  Terry McCoy and Paulette Miller and their team worked on the the food for us and it was delicious!  We have a great group of volunteers who directed traffic, handled re-up applications and collected your donations for our Christmas Families.  Thank you to all the volunteers!

Now, I want to thank the 204 of your who drove thru our event today and donated a van full of food for our Christmas families.  You also donated $673  and $200 of Honey Baked Ham gift cards which we will use tomorrow to purchase turkeys, hams, and perishable food for the families.  

You generosity to our Christmas families is wonderful!  

Thank you for allowing me to be your President in 2020 and I wish each and everyone of you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!  I hope the next year allows us to dance and socialize together.

Billy Powell
President

Covid-19 is hitting way too close to everyone’s home. With a sad heart, but with strong faith in our Heavenly Father, today I kneel down in prayer, asking for a full recovery for those with Covid-19 and those in pain. Lord I’m asking You to protect & cover each of us with your healing hands and precious blood. Please protect and strengthen the elderly, homeless, unemployed, sick, front liners and caregivers who are exhausted, but not giving up. Please refresh their minds and renew their strength. Prop them up on every leaning side. Thank You for Your grace, love, mercy and healing powers. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.

Let us be united in praying for one another.

May God bless us!
In Jesus mighty name….Amen

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Many, many thanks to our all volunteers who ran our drive-thru election.  Special thanks to Terry McCoy and his team for the wonderful chicken bog.  Just as a fyi, Terry McCoy and his team worked for 2 days preparing the food.  

Here are your election results for 2021:

President -John Setzer
Vice President – Donna Williams
Secretary-Charlie Pangburn
Treasurer – Rick Kosko
Board members- Wayne Baldwin
                             Linda Campbell
                             Billy Powell

Congratulations to the new members of the 2021 Executive Board.

ODSC – Important News

Hello ODSC Members,

Let me start with this:  

• We will NOT be having a party in August.

Now on to other news. 

Before the pandemic started, the ODSC had a brunch in January and the Oyster Roast in February.  We are also planning an activity for October so we can vote on our officers and board for 2021.  While we have not been together, expenses still continue such as the rent for the storage bldg., insurance, CPA fees, etc.   In light of the fact that we have cancelled several parties, the Executive Board of the ODSC has decided to change the following:

• Re-up for current members will be $20.00 for 2021 instead of the usual $35.00 if you re-up before 12/31/2020.
• New members or anyone who signs up after 12/31/2020 will be charged the usual $40.00 per person
• Your SOS card for 2020 is good thru December 31, 2021

We hope to see you soon and hope we can get back to some semblance of normalcy.

Executive Board of the ODSC

John’s Drive-By

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Lou Martino

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There were just a few clouds in a perfect Carolina Blue sky that set the stage for the most important dance event that the OD Shag Club Dance Team has had thus far for 2020.  Saturday, May 16, 2020, at 10:30 Lou Martino and Linda Campbell organized a surprise “Drive-by” for one of our very own, John and Lori Setzer. Drive-by’s seem to be the new way to “visit” now days due to the “invisible enemy” as it is called, the Corona Virus or COVID-19.

John had been home for two days from Grand Strand Regional Hospital where he had surgery to stabilize his neck.

The cul de sac at Ridgewood Dr North Myrtle Beach began to line up with all kinds of vehicles and most people were getting out of them sporting their fashionable masks.  There were many convertibles, golf carts, and even a beautiful classic muscle car.   The vehicles were decorated with colorful balloons and signs, some saying things such as…”Hugs and Prayers”, We are here for you!” and “TEAM JOHN!”.  As the caravan paraded in front of John and Lori’s house. Even SEA DOO, the Shag Monkey stuck his head out and waved to John and Lori as he passed by John and Lori’s beautiful home.

The caravan of vehicles then stopped in the cul de sac in front of John and Lori’s home and more pictures were taken, some surprises were given to them, and then everyone turned their radio stations in their cars to 94.9 The Surf and they danced in honor of TEAM JOHN to a shag song.

Air hugs and kisses were blown to John and Lori and lots of “Love ya”, “Praying for you guys”, and “ We are here for You!” was heard as we all said our good bye’s from the roadside knowing how much we really wanted to do a group hug but we knew what we felt was that we RECEIVED so much more by what we were experiencing by being there with John and Lori.  However, hopefully they knew that they were being lifted up in much LOVE, FAITH, HOPE and PRAYER!

MANY THANKS goes to those who took time out of their Saturday morning to participate with us: Lou Martino and Linda Campbell, Bill and Diane Millman, Mark and Kay Hughes (and Sea Doo), Barbara Hopper, Barry and Julie Dyer, Lynn and Andy Gabriel, Cathy and Rich Jamiolkowski, Ted Sobol and Callie White, Donna and Burnie Williams, Barnie Lee and Connie Williams, Connie and Jim Livingston and Lou and Dicky Garrenton and we cant forget their neighbor Steve, who kept riding up and down the road in his black corvette .  

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Annual Oyster Roast

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John Setzer

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Once again, the World-Famous OD Oyster Roast was another success!  We had 280 members and 4 guests on hand to enjoy this culinary event!

Prep work began Friday night at Donnie and Wendy’s house with cutting up sausage and prepping the chicken for the Fantastic Chicken Bog (for those of you that have not acquired a taste for oysters) and for those of us who love both.  Thank you also Christina Black, Linda Miller, Pam Rust and Karen Young for serving the chicken bog and making sure each table had crackers and hot sauce. 

Dickey Garrenton returned to his post as “the lookout” to direct the oyster carriers to their appointed drop spots.  Their great hustle kept the oysters coming and the wait time minimal as the cooking crew kept them supplied.  Also, a huge thank you to all the crew that helped behind the scenes; Paulette Miller, Terry and Kathy McCoy, Cindy Day, Kevin and Susan Harrell, Bruce and Cathy Fitzsimmons, Bill Bacon, Joe Harrell, Ken Dawkins, Rick Koski, Glenn Strange, Bob Miller, Larry Jones and, of course, Donnie and Wendy Schultz!! Hope I didn’t leave anyone out. You all did an amazing job!

Bill Anderson once again kept the tunes coming for our enjoyment.  Lou Garrenton and Al Cosgrove were busy selling 50/50 tickets while Wayne Baldwin and Sue Wehner had plenty of merchandise to offer.  And we cannot forget our golf cart raffle.  Lori Setzer was offering lemon bars to anyone who purchased a raffle ticket.

At the end of the night many people stayed to help cleanup and reset the tables and chairs for the club.  Thank you again.

The 2020 World Famous OD Oyster Roast will again go down as a crowd favorite and success!! Many thanks to the Od Arcade for allowing us to be there and to all that helped! A great job well done by all!!

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Mid Winter Brunch

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Monica Palmieri

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The activities for 2020 have begun. The Mid-Winter SOS Brunch was held on January 19^th.  A great big THANK YOU to our Food Committee and servers who once again did a great job.  Paulette Miller, Kathy McCoy, Terry McCoy, and Faye Chowning handled all of the details without a hitch.  There was plenty of food to go around. 

Also, thank you to the Junior Shaggers who put on an incredible demonstration.  The future of the Shag looks bright given their talents.  If you have never seen them perform, you are missing something special.

Thank you to those who purchased 50/50 and golf cart raffle tickets.  

A great time was had by all.

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Clean Sweep

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Joan Bacon

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A special thank you to all that helped with our Mid-Winter Clean Sweep! We gathered in the parking lot of Deckerz at 8:30. After coffee, biscuits, cookies and doughnut holes we ventured into the streets to gather trash. We had 26 members attend and gathered 26 bags of trash! Someone even brought up pieces of concrete!

Then we settled in for socializing and enjoyed it so much everyone said they will see us in the Spring for our Spring Safari Clean Sweep!

Hope to see even more members then!

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Food Delivery Day

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Karen Young

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Monday morning, a group of OD Shag Club members delivered the gifts and food to Riverside Elementary School for our sponsored Christmas kids.  The group included Bill Bacon, Rich Young, Lou Martino, John Setzer, Mike Bejzak and Karen Young.  The kid’s parents were called by the school counselor, Felicia Bellamy, to come and pick up the items. 

After leaving the school, we went out to North Strand Helping Hands to deliver the remaining food boxes. They weighed them in at 594 pounds.  They were very happy to get the food as there is a huge demand at this time of year.  Thank you to all those who either brought food or donated money at the Shag Club Party Saturday night.  The money was used to buy a turkey and ham for each family plus the other items needed for a nice Christmas dinner for each family.  Your generosity was greatly appreciated by the families who already gave thank you cards for the Shag Club to the school counselor.  I picked those up today and will bring them to the January Business Meeting.

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Christmas Gifts and Food Delivery

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Karen Young

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The OD Shag Club sponsored 8 kids for Christmas with items from their wish lists.  Jeanne Brandt and Karen Young shopped for the toys and wrapped them on Monday.  Then on Friday, the 13^th, Cindy Day, Beth Cornwell, Tina Tomberlin and Karen Young shopped for the clothing on their lists and wrapped it all. We were able to get a winter jacket, an outfit, and extra pair of pants, shoes, underwear and socks for each child with Cindy Day’s discount at Belk’s.  Bill and Joan Bacon donated one bike and Sonny and Tina Tomberlin plus Rich and I donated the second bike.

The food donated at the party was sorted by a group of OD Shag Club members at Bill and Joan’s house on Sunday morning.  The helpers included Bill and Joan Bacon, Angela (Joan’s daughter) and Tom Weiss, Donna and Burnie Williams, John and Lori Setzer, Linda Campbell, Sandy Cummings, Lou Garrenton, Terry Holmes, Mike and Bonnie Bejzak, Gene Bradshaw, Charles McCarthy and Rich and Karen Young.

The toys, gifts and 8 boxes of food including a ham and turkey were loaded in the van for delivery to the school on Monday morning.  The remaining food was boxed up for delivery to North Stand Helping Hands on Monday, also.

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Christmas Party

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Nancy Sook

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Christmas Parade

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Billy Powell

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Myrtle Beach Manor

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Joe Ferlauto

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Halloween Party – Election

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Connie Livingston 

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Thanksgiving Party

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John Setzer

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Clean Sweep

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John Setzer

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Fall Migration Brunch

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Donna Williams

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Double the fun! Double the pleasure! OD Shag Club brunch and Fun Sunday on this beautiful beach day filled with great friends, awesome music, delicious food and a surprise guest entertainer. What else could we ask for? DJ Bill Anderson started the morning off playing great tunes while our breakfast of eggs, bacon, sausage, grits, biscuits and fruit were being prepared by the staff at the OD Arcade. Thank you, Pam and crew. In addition, our coffee and happy juices were a big hit as always. While all of this was going on, our hard-working Hospitality crew welcomed 248 members and 18 guests for a total of 266 attendees quickly moving them through our sign in line. Thank you, ladies.

Bill Bacon welcomed the attendees with a few announcements and a blessing as the first color for eating was called. Our special guest Lesa Hudson sang several songs to the delight of the crowd. We must thank the food committee and volunteer servers for their continued success for keeping the lines moving and thus everyone having a good hot breakfast. Great job.

The Ways and Means committee, working hard for the entire morning, were very successful in selling not only lots of new merchandise but also having a special sale appreciated by many.  Thanks to the committee and all who helped the buyers with their selections and purchases. You will be seeing OD Shag merchandise all over town as a result.

Many thanks also go out to Nancy Sook and John Berringer for their successful efforts with the 50/50 raffle. Congratulations to the 50/50 winner and also to our logo and name tag winners.

A big thanks also goes out to Lou Martino for his continuous efforts to provide us with lifetime memories by his constant efforts to bring smiles to everyone’s faces. Then he continuously makes more time putting them on the website for all to see how much fun we all who are able to attend have. Check out the happy faces and big smiles in his pictures. You will surely see fun was had by all.

Last but not least, thanks to all who do attend our events. You make it special. We hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoy doing it for you. If you could not make this one, we look forward to seeing you at the next one, or better yet, our October party is coming soon. We would love to have you.

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29th Annual ODSC Charity Golf Tournament

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Monica Powell

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Nominations Party

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Lou Garrenton

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Charity Fun Run

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Monica Powell

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Our Charity Fun Run was held on a hot, sunny day the last Saturday of July.  We started at the OD Arcade.  Donna Williams and Cindy Day signed all 140 players in at the desk and then they proceeded over to the table to draw their first card. 

Many thanks to all our participating clubs., OD Arcade, Saville’s on Second, 810 Bowling, Duck’s and Fat Harold’s.  Not only did they open their doors to us with great service and smiles, each venue donated prizes to be given away at our raffles.  We also want to thank Allstate Insurance, Graham’s Golf Carts, Al Cosgrove and Navajo Sunglasses for raffle prizes.

After everything was counted, our winner was Sonia Brooks with the most points. Lamar Vaughn came in second and Kathy McCoy has the lowest points.  Billy Powell and Sandy Cummings did a great job selling 50/50 tickets and our winner, Justin Owens, took home $644.00.

This event could not have happened without all of our volunteers.  Many thanks to:  Nancy Sook, John Barringer, Lou Garrenton, Dickie Garrenton, Larry Jones, Terry McCoy, Kathy McCoy, Jessie Becker, Billie Reitz, Bill Bacon, Joan Bacon, Cindy Day, Tim Webb, Paula Webb, Billy Powell. Tina Tomberlin, and Paulette Miller.

After everything was finished, we were able to donate $2,089 to the Junior Shag Dance Team.  Their next competition is the US Open Swing Dance Championship in California in November. We wish them the best of luck and thank them for keeping the dance flame going!

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Junior SOS Bruch

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Kathy McCoy

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Pizza Party

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Donna Williams

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Our Pizza party took place at Ducks. Paul Craver not only played our dance music but sang for us as well. 120+ attended the event and thanks to our food committee, everyone was able to enjoy plenty of delicious pizza with various toppings delivered from The Main Slice.

To top off the pizza, our members in attendance with last names from I-P provided us with a vast array of delicious desserts. Thanks to Lou for our pictures and to all who planned, attended, and helped with another great event for the OD Shag Club. 

The winner of the Logo was Lois Roberts, the Name Tag winner was David Pettigrew and the big winner of the 50/50 was Gilda Gailliher.

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Cook Out

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Lou Garrenton

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New Member Social

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John Setzer

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Our New Member Social was held on Friday May 10 at 6:00 in the back room of Fat Harold’s.  Attendance was very good with 77 people coming out of which 47 were new members.  Finger sandwiches, assorted snacks and desserts were provided as well. 

To help people to mingle a “match” game was played where each person was given a character name which matched another name.  Once you found your match, the idea was to learn facts about your partner and be able to introduce them if requested. 

Also, the new members were given numbered tickets and a few prizes were given away. The winners were:

Charles Pangburn

Tony Smith

Terry Tucker

Everyone had a great time getting to know others and sharing experiences.

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Spring Safari SOS Parade

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Billy Powell

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Year          Theme                                  Category                      Finish

2009         St. Dance                              Best Shag Troop                  1^stPlace

2010          Back to the 50’s                  Best Shag Troop                  1^stPlace

2011           Cupid                                    Best Shag Troop                  1^stPlace

2012          Salute to the Troops           Best Shag Troop                  1^stPlace

2013          Pontoon                                Best Shag Troop                  1^stPlace

2014          Magic Kingdom                   Best Shag Troop                  1^stPlace

2015          Greatest Show on Earth     Best Shag Troop                  1^stPlace

2016          Happy Trails                         Best Shag Troop                  1^stPlace

2017          Thriller                                  Best Shag Theme                1^stPlace

2018          Once Upon a Time              Most Original                       1^stPlace

2019          A Little Party Never           Most Original                       1^stPlace

                      Never Killed Nobody

As you can see from above list, the ODSC definitely has a winning tradition. The above are just the ones that I have records for, but I do know that there were at least 5 more years of 1^stplace wins prior to 2009.

Once again thanks to the creativity, enthusiasm, and hard work of our members, we were able to keep the winning tradition going.

Our theme this year was “A Little Party Never Killed Nobody”.  Even though this is true, many of us thought the heat would kill us before the parade was finished. 

Many thanks to our “banner carriers”.  They have carried our banner for several years, but this year they actually pulled a large invitation.  Their costumes were great and they are great representatives of the ODSC.  I am not sure if they can ever top their last year’s costumes of the Little Red “Bill” Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf “Donna”, but we are looking forward to what they come up with next year.

Our dance troop did an outstanding job and danced the entire parade.  Dancing that far in the heat was really tough, but they made it look easy.  They put in many hours of practice prior to the parade to make sure they were synchronized and the results were worth it.  The purpose of an entry into the parade is to entertain the crowd.  I hear many compliments after the parade about how great the dancers performed.

The float was rocking the entire parade and everyone on it was partying.  Special thanks to our DJ/Conductor and the trumpet players.  I didn’t realize how tired my arms would be after holding up a plastic trumpet and pretending to play during the whole parade.

The golf carts were outstanding!  We put the basic “Model T” frame on the carts during the work day and everyone took them home and made them unique with lots of special touches.  They were extremely creative!  Everyone was dressed to the theme and each cart was very unique. 

I would like to thank all of those who put in the hard work necessary to pull all of this together.  Much gratitude for those that participated in the workday, those that helped put the float together Saturday and even more thanks for those that help dismantle the float after the parade.  Last but in no way least, I could not do this without my better half, Monica.  She keeps me on track and organized.

If you did not participate this year, you missed a lot of fun.  The work and effort are well worth it if compared to the fun and satisfaction of doing something together as a club.

Hope to see you participate in next year’s 1^stPlace team.!

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Spring Safari Bar Crawl 

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Spring Safari Brunch

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Donna Williams

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Another great morning at the OD Shag Club Spring Safari Brunch. It was a terrific way to start off another super beach morning with the bright sunshine, lots of wonderful good morning smiles from special friends, delicious food, and awesome music across the street from the beach. What in the world could top all of this?

With 317 in attendance including 28 guest and 7 from the Junior Shagger community we began with some great dancing by our Junior Shaggers to show us how it is done these days. They did an awesome job and then pulled some lucky people up to share the dance floor with. Good job everyone. From there we received a welcome, a few messages and a blessing by our President Bill Bacon. Everyone waited to see what color ticket would be called first for the lucky people who would be fed first. Murl Augustine entertained us with great music while we waited. When the color was called, the rush was on for a filling breakfast of eggs, delicious bacon, sausage, grits, biscuits and fruit and it was topped off by our famous happy punch. As the remaining colors were called, it was obvious that everyone was delighted with everything. Thanks to Kathy and Terry McCoy,  Paulette Miller, Wendy Schultz, their crew, the serving volunteers and to OD Arcade personnel who all worked hard to make this ANOTHER great event. Also thanks to the hospitality committee workers who did such a great job of keeping up with sign ins and information.

Wayne and Sue provided us with new items for Sale from our Ways and Means committee. A special thanks to Sue for all the sewing she did herself. Check out the tent during SOS for great products. Thanks go also to their helpers. Job well done.

Our 50/50 volunteers sold $758 of tickets. Of that one lucky winner went home with half. The Juniors were given $379.00 from the club and another $281 from the floor bringing their total to $600. Thanks to all purchasers and donators for being so generous. Thanks to our volunteers for the raffle.

To the volunteers who set up and cleaned up before and after the event thanks for being early risers and late stayers. To our photographer Lou-you allow us to have a look back of a great way to start a day at NMB Spring Safari.

Last but not least, thanks to the Golf cart ticket committee for the special smiles and greetings they gave everyone upon arriving and leaving.  

WHAT AN AWESOME SUCCESSFUL MORNING!

Photos by Lou Martino