Coastal Carolina University announced Thursday morning, the university will be the future home of the International Beach Music Hall of Fame.

Legendary beach music artists Maurice Williams and Billy Scott performed today to lend their support to the project.

In addition to a hall of fame honoring great beach music artists, the university will focus scholarly attention on the cultural , sociological and musical aspects of beach music.

University officials say they hope to eventually have an interactive museum that will showcase beach music history.

An advisory board is being established to formulate a procedure for naming inductees to the hall of fame.