It's War!
Apparently those scoundrels in South Carolina passed a state law that declares Shagging and Clogging as their official state dance.
Not to be outdone, the North Carolina Senate has just done the same thing, asking the state House to concur.
"This is really a declaration of war with South Carolina," said Sen. Walter Dalton, a Rutherfordton Democrat. "They are not only stealing our heritage, they are making millions of dollars off that."
South Carolina, it seems, regularly holds clogging and shagging festivals.
"The shag was invented in North Carolina on Carolina beach," Dalton told his fellow Senators Wednesday. "We need to reclaim our heritage."
Senate Bill 128 joins that fight. It will next go to the House.
By the way, Senate Bill 116 is also headed to the House. That bill would make the Venus flytrap North Carolina's official carnivorous plant.
Both passed 47-0.
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