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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. Ahead of our concert at the Chequer Mead in East Grinstead on 30th April hear us on the local airwaves on Meridian FM from 6:30pm Wednesday 28th April "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.
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.
Angel Radio played the White Cliffs of Dover with special guest singer Jeanie Barton on 6th August 2009. Back on 23rd July 2009 Pete Cross opened his show appropriately with our recording of 'On the Air', with 'Blue Skies' and 'Isn't This a Lovely Day' featuring in the show, and all finished off with our Flanagan and Allen slow medley. Frank Wappat aired our Radio Signature Tunes medley on 2nd August 2009 on BBC Radio Newcastle. This followed the airing of '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 requesting and Frank for playing. Back on 3rd March 2009 Frank played our version of Fats Waller's 'Ain't Misbehavin'. 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.
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
Our friends at the Colchester Headgate Theatre (concert on 22nd December) have posted this animation presumably reflecting how smooth and sophisticated we are
The New Foxtrot Serenaders 2002-2010 |
