... is a group of musicians based in Thanet, who perform regularly at functions such as weddings and funerals, at venues throughout East Kent such as Leeds Castle, Goodnestone Park, Knowlton Court, Dover Maison Dieu, Quex Park, and numerous churches, hotels, restaurants and individual houses. The line-up varies depending on who is available at any given time, but most often consists of a string quartet.

The main differences between our group and others you may see are probably as follows:
- We're local to Thanet, although we'll happily travel to Canterbury / Faversham / Deal etc.
- We do this mainly for fun, so can offer a professional service at 'amateur' prices
- We have a huge repertoire (over 300 pieces), and also arrange works for special themes
- We know most other musicians in the area so can recommend others if we're not available

Here is a 6 minute home-made video that gives some idea what we're like. The sound quality is rather poor but that's because of the cheap camera it was recorded on... You can hear better (studio) quality on tracks 4 and 11 of the Railway Swing Band's 2010 CD "Our Sounds, Vol. 3": the CD notes say we 'gave their sound a new dimension'.


Here is also a snapshot of the group just after a performance at the Walpole Bay Hotel, Margate. It shows founder member George Turnlund on viola, who sadly passed away in September 2010.

The photo below was taken at St Nicholas-at-Wade church when rehearsing for the inaugural concert of the Broadstairs Music Recital Society.

The concert was very well received. Here is a photograph from the gallery, and below it a 90-second video clip.

Again, apologies for the poor sound quality: it was just a home video camera.

Here is a snapshot from a recent concert together with the Railway Swing Band, at Folkestone's Tower Theatre.

and to go with it, a higher quality video:

When we get time we may put up some photos or other videos etc. but in the meantime, please contact Ben Jones on 01843 847701 if you have an event you'd like to discuss.