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The New Foxtrot Serenaders is a seven-piece British Dance Band featuring popular songs and dance music from the 1920s to the 1940s. 

"They call themselves 'the hottest little big band in the South East' and once you've heard them it's easy to see why... The New Foxtrot Serenaders look and sound like the real thing. Their style is authentic and nostalgic, with a real feel-good factor. They've performed several times for the Big Band nights at the bandstand, and attracted large, enthusiastic audiences." From the Eastbourne Today website.

On board Queen Mary 2 - we have another longer version also on YouTube

Our music conjures up memories of great singers and songwriters such as Bessie Smith, George Gershwin, Jelly Roll Morton, Hoagy Carmichael, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin and many more.

In addition to playing at dances and functions (and appearing on national and international radio) we also put on concert performances in London and the South East of England (and we can be tempted to go further afield - for example we have entertained on the Queen Mary 2 on a weekend cruise to Guernsey which included top musicians such as Jamie Cullum, Acker Bilk, Madeline Bell and Stacey Kent). 

Here is a list of upcoming concerts - there are more details on the Concerts page, and also on MySpace.com.

  • Norden Farm Centre for the Arts at Maidenhead 11th July 2009, with special guest Jeanie Barton

  • Seagull Theatre Lowestoft, early evening Sunday 19th July 2009

  • Quay Theatre Sudbury, Saturday 19th September 2009

  • Eastbourne's Underground Theatre, Saturday 26th September 2009

  • Players Theatre Thame Saturday 17th October 2009

  • Lunchtime concert at the Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon Fairfield Halls, 27th October 2009

  • Afternoon concert and dance (usually hugely energetic) for Age Concern at Nettlefold Hall, West Norwood Library Thursday 29th October 2009

  • Memorial Theatre, Broadstairs, for an early evening concert Sunday 21st February 2010

  • Back to the Barn Theatre, Oxted for our annual pre-Spring concert at 7:45pm Friday 19th March 2010

  • Chequer Mead Theatre East Grinstead 30th April 2010

  • Broadway Theatre, Catford, afternoon of 6th June 2010, with Simon Gledhill on cinema organ

One of our followers Up North sent one of our CDs to Frank Wappat of BBC Radio Newcastle, who aired Happy Days Are Here Again on 22nd February 2009 on his show 'Frank digs out some nostalgic music for a Sunday evening'. Thanks to Harold Richards for getting Frank interested.

We got another Christmas slot on Angel Radio on Monday 15th December 2008 with Pete Cross again chatting to Graham about what we are up to, and playing our Christmas EP (see our Recordings page...), just like he did last year (in the evening of Thursday 6th December 2007).

Our international exposure continued with a track played in Spain on Valle Radio on 30th July 2008. Check out Steve Ashley's MusicNostalgia.com from our links page for his show 'Those Dancing Years', or click here to hear Steve introduce Mississippi Mud.

We have featured on wireless radio programmes across the country, on the Ed Douglas Show for Southern Counties Radio, providing the theme tune and more 'On the Air' for Yorkshire Radio, and on the Bill and Angela Rennells show for Radios Oxford, Berkshire and Kent. Here's to the Next Time featured on the David Sibbald show on Northern Broadcasting in September 2005.

Click on the radio to listen to Graham and John interviewed by Bill Rennells, broadcast on Saga Radio on 7th September 2005.

Music from our latest CD 'Nice Work If You Can Get It' featured by BBC Radio 2's Desmond Carrington on 23rd January 2007.

See our selection of CDs on our the recordings page. New for 2006 is Nice Work If You Can Get It, and our seasonal offering A White Christmas... Get those farthings together ready to order some today.

If you want more details of the New Foxtrot Serenaders, or to make an enquiry about our availability or to purchase a recording, email us at newfoxtrotserenaders@yahoo.co.uk.

Our friends at the Colchester Headgate Theatre (concert on 22nd December) have posted this animation presumably reflecting how smooth and sophisticated we are

 

ŠThe New Foxtrot Serenaders 2002-2009. This page last edited: 15/06/2009 21:16:44 +0100