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The term "Carolina Shag" is thought to have originated along the Atlantic Ocean strands between [[Myrtle Beach, South Carolina|Myrtle Beach]], [[South Carolina]], and [[Wilmington, North Carolina|Wilmington]], [[North Carolina]], during the 1940s. According to [[Bo Bryan]], a Carolina Shag [[historian]] and resident of [[Beaufort County, South Carolina|Beaufort County]], the term was coined at [[Carolina Beach, North Carolina]]. The Carolina Shag is a descendant of Carolina Jitterbug, and its predecessor, Little Apple which was the white version of the [[Big Apple (dance)]] (whose origins can be traced to Columbia, South Carolina in 1937) after whites sat (after "jumping the [[Jim Crow]] rope") in the balconies in the black clubs to watch the dancing.<ref>SHAG: The Legendary Dance of the South, [[Bo Bryan]], 1995, 120 pages, {{ISBN|0-9648084-0-4}}</ref>

 

The 1989 film ''[[Shag (1989 film)|Shag]]'' starring [[Bridget Fonda]], [[Phoebe Cates]], [[Annabeth Gish]], and [[Page Hannah]] as four high school friends on their last road trip together before graduation, was filmed in Myrtle Beach and features the Carolina Shag.