{"id":6096,"date":"2023-12-08T15:38:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T20:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/competitiveshaggers.org\/?page_id=6096"},"modified":"2026-01-18T13:34:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T18:34:29","slug":"about-csa-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/competitiveshaggers.org\/?page_id=6096","title":{"rendered":"About CSA"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6096\" class=\"elementor elementor-6096\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8e6c8a6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8e6c8a6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2a40b80\" data-id=\"2a40b80\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68d4226 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68d4226\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>About CSA<\/em><\/span><\/h2><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Our clubs and dancers provide a schedule of competitive Shag Dance contests throughout each year at various venues. Our events consist of a weekend of divisional competition, food, fun, friendships, workshops, awards and prizes primarily throughout North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. We encourage, promote, and share the love of the Carolina Shag with all age groups. Our current<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">schedule and member clubs are available on this website.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Our contests promote the Shag Dance we all love and are appreciated by all attending. Spectators are given floor time to dance before and after the divisional<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">competitions. Competitors are allowed to showcase their skills for the judges and the audience.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Competitive Shaggers Association (CSA) is a non-profit organization that was established in 1992 by the competitive dancers. Over time we have established<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">necessary rules and regulations that determine Shag Contest sanctioning guidelines.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">These guidelines are used to help ensure well managed contests that maintain divisional integrity and utilize the fairest and most accurate scoring system available. Judges are required to be<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">knowledgeable in the dance at a level commensurate with the division being judged.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Our membership is made up of dancers from all walks of life and levels of expertise including Amateur, Novice, and Pro competitors. In addition, we include a<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">friend of CSA membership classification for those folks that wish to support the competitive dancers and the dance.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Many of our members are instructors. Our members<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">participate in various Shag events throughout each year. We support and promote the dance in many ways.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Our Bylaws, Rules and Regulations, and membership applications are available on this website.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Welcome to the Competitive Shaggers Association. Join us by attending contests, becoming a member, dancing, or sponsoring.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We look forward to seeing you on the dance floor!<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/competitiveshaggers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/CSA-logo-trans.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About CSA Our clubs and dancers provide a schedule of competitive Shag Dance contests throughout each year at various venues. Our events consist of a weekend of divisional competition, food, fun, friendships, workshops, awards and prizes primarily throughout North Carolina, <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/competitiveshaggers.org\/?page_id=6096\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-6096","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/competitiveshaggers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/competitiveshaggers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/competitiveshaggers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/competitiveshaggers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/competitiveshaggers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6096"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/competitiveshaggers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8343,"href":"https:\/\/competitiveshaggers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6096\/revisions\/8343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/competitiveshaggers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}