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  • 1. Performing at The Marsham Court Hotel, Bournemouth.
  • 2. Performing at The Marsham Court Hotel, Bournemouth.
  • 3. Kate Skellern performing with The Red Fez Orchestra
  • 4. Kate Skellern performing with The Red Fez Orchestra in Hartley Witney

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  • High energy Vintage Jazz Band
  • Superb repertoire of classics such as Down the River Nile, My Blue Heaven, Five Foot Two and Cheek to Cheek
  • Perform as an 11 piece band and can scale down to a 7 piece
  • Eccentric British Jazz at its best!

The band is based in Bournemouth but also plays regularly in Christchurch, New Forest, Poole and further afield.


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  1. Anything Goes - Cole Porter
  2. Black Bottom Stomp - Ray Henderson
  3. Puttin' On The Ritz - Fred Astaire
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    About this Act

    The Red Fez Orchestra has been building a reputation over the last few years as the band to call when you require authentic 1920s & 1930s Dance Jazz Music. Members of the band have played for many other top quality acts such as The Pasadena Roof Orchestra, Regular Joes, Bevin Boys and many more and bring this experience and expertise to The Red Fez Orchestra.

    The band has an eye for authenticity and perform in period costume using vintage instruments. All their arrangements are from the period and Howard Mitchell and Kate Skellern bring comedy, fun and excitement as well as great vocals!

    Your soiree will be complete and you will be the talk of the town when the band strike up playing The Charleston, The Black Bottom Stomp, fez wearing is encouraged but not compulsory.

    Set List

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    Down The River Nile
    They Can’t Take That Away From Me
    Ain’t She Sweet
    Chilli Bom Bom
    My Blue Heaven
    Christopher Colombus
    Somebody Loves Me
    Five Foot Two
    Cheek To Cheek
    Little Sleepy Head
    Lullaby Of The Leaves
    China Town
    Egyptian Ella
    Margie
    It Had To Be You
    Wha’d Ja Do To Me
    Darktown Strutters Ball
    If I Had You
    Black Bottom
    Anything Goes
    Oh! Lady Be Good
    I’m Sitting On Top Of The World
    Putin’ On The Ritz
    Everybody Loves My Baby
    Home In Pasadena
    The Sheik
    The Continental
    Toot Toot Tootsie

    Lineup

    • 11 piece band - 3 Saxes, Trumpet, Trombone, Sousaphone, Guitar, Piano, Drums, Male Voice, Female Voice).
    • 7 piece band with one vocalist

    This act's standard set times are as follows:

    • Two 60 minute sets as standard but flexible to suit

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    • 6+ piece
    • brass / horns
    • female vocals
    • horn section
    • male vocals
    • percussion
    • saxophone
    • trombone
    • trumpet
    • tuba
    • wind instruments



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