Best in Class Tours

Student Group Travel to Orlando

Experience the Best in Group Travel with Best in Class Tours
At Best in Class Tours, we specialize in creating exceptional group travel experiences, with a particular focus on performance tours to Orlando and beyond. As a company founded by current and retired band directors and musicians, we truly understand the unique needs of student group travel. We’re committed to putting directors, students, and parents first, ensuring every aspect of the trip is designed to meet your needs.

We offer the best prices and top-notch service in the industry, combining affordable travel packages with exceptional customer care. Our goal is to make group travel accessible without compromising on quality, delivering the ultimate value for your budget. We know that travel plays a vital role in enriching students’ lives, building group unity, and creating memories that last a lifetime. With over 40 years of combined experience in music education and tour planning, our expert tour consultants meticulously handle every detail of your journey, from planning to execution.

Trust Best in Class Tours to deliver memorable, seamless travel experiences at the best prices—and with the best service—tailored to your group’s needs

MEET TERRY OWNBY

Tour Consultant Email: Townby@bestinclasstours.com

Terry S. Ownby retired June 1 of 2021, after 30 years of teaching instrumental music. He currently serves as a Tour Consultant with Best in Class Tours and Booster Fundraising as the Alabama Head Coach.

Mr. Ownby was the Director of Bands at Florence High School where he oversaw the marching, concert and jazz bands and served as the Secondary Fine Arts Academic Leader. Prior to his appointment at Florence, he served as a professor of music at Wallace State Community College, where he taught Symphonic Band, Music Theory, Music Appreciation and the Brass studio. He held the position of Director of Bands at Muscle Shoals Middle School and Assistant Director of Bands at Muscle Shoals High School for 22 years and also was instrumental in restarting the Muscle Shoals Jazz band program, which he directed for 9 years. He holds a Bachelors of Music in music education and a Master of Arts in Education degree from the University of North Alabama. He continues to serve as a guest Clinician/Conductor and Adjudicator throughout the Southeast.
The Muscle Shoals Middle School Symphonic Band was a featured performer at the Alabama Music Educators Associations 2001 convention. He served as a guest conductor with the Muscle Shoals High School Symphonic band at the Alabama Music Educators Associations 2003 convention.

 Mr. Ownby is also active as a marching band drill designer/consultant/adjudicator, and he served as the camp coordinator for the W.C. Jazz Music Camp from 1999-2007.
He plays trumpet professionally and has performed with the group Alabama, Percy Sledge, The Speer Family, William Lee Golden, The Oak Ridge Boys and with the world-renowned Muscle Shoals Horn Section. 

He is the lead trumpet player for the Shoals Area Big Band and has also appeared with the Legends of Jazz Big Band for the W.C. Handy Music Festival in 2003 and 2004, the lead trumpet for the Millennium Big Band for the Huntsville Symphony Association, on the General Jackson Showboat and is a founding member of the Shoals Dixieland Band.