Line Dancing With Babs & Flash May 12

05/07/10

Sunset River Marketplace’s Creative Exchange series continues with "Line Dancing with Calabash Flash and Babs." It will be presented on Wednesday, May 12, from 11 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. by Flash and Babs Ludwick, the area’s unofficial ambassadors of beach music. The fee for the event is $5 and includes lunch. The workshop will demonstrate three popular line dances, the Cupid Shuffle, OD Glide, and the Tush Push.

Flash and Babs moved to Calabash, N.C. in November 1994. They became involved with the Ocean Drive Shag Club in North Myrtle Beach, S.C., took lessons in Shag dancing, and got hooked on Carolina Beach Music.

In 1996, Flash wrote his first Carolina Beach Music song and released his CD debut single that September. Since then he has written or co-written and sung several songs that have appeared on compilation CDs as well as his own solo CDs. In 2002, he received a Carolina Beach Music Award (CMBA) nomination for Songwriter of the Year for the song "One Track Mind." His Flash Flood CD was nominated for the 2008 CBMA Solo Album of the Year. Currently, he is promoting his Doo-Wop single "Standing on the Corner" and his brand new country song "I’m Not a Country Boy."

Flash has performed at the Carolina Beach Music Awards (CBMA) Show at the Alabama Theatre, CBMA membership drive concerts, Beach Music Days in North and South Carolina, Coastal Carolina University Beach Music Concert, Endless Summer Festival in North Myrtle Beach, Born In The Carolina’s live radio show and numerous charity functions.

Babs is primarily a watercolor artist. She is a member of the Watercolor Society of North Carolina, the Brunswick Arts Council, the Associated Artists of Southport, Oak Island Art Guild, and the Waterway Art Association. Her motto is "Do what makes your heart beat." She earned a third place award at the 2007 Associated Artists of Southport Spring Show; 2009 Merit Award, 2008 People’s Choice Award in 2007 and Honorable Mention at the Brunswick Arts Council Show in 2006 and 2004. When she is not painting, Babs enjoys quilting, quilling, and shag and line dancing. For several years, every Sunday in March and October Flash and Babs taught line dancing at Fat Harold’s Beach Club in North Myrtle Beach.

This is the fifth event of the third year of the gallery’s 2010 Creative Exchange calendar. Reserve your spot by calling the gallery at 910-575-5999. Sunset River Marketplace is located at 10283 Beach Drive (N.C. 179), Calabash, N.C. For more information, visit the website at www.sunsetrivermarketplace.com