"The best things happen while you're dancing..." —Irving Berlin
Welcome to the site of O.J.'s Big Band Sound, under the direction of Dr. Wayne Pegram. This 21-piece swing band performs public and private engagements throughout the year around the Cumberland Plateau region and Middle Tennessee.
The next dance is Saturday, December 12, 2009, from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m at the NEW Fairfield Glade Community Center in Fairfield Glade, Tennessee. Call 931-484-3722 for tickets. Click here for the tentative big band set list for December 12, 2009.
Dance clubs and classes are welcome. Tables seat 10, and early reservations are advised. Soft drinks and light snacks are provided. Other beverages and party foods are permitted, and can be brought into the facility by attendees.
Come ready to dance! Remember, as Mr. Berlin penned, and Danny Kaye sang in the classic film White Christmas... "even guys with two left feet, come out all right if the girl is sweet, if by chance their cheeks should meet while dancing."
Read more about O.J. Cummins and the Big Band Sound here.
Upcoming performances
December 12, 2009
Dance, open to the public. Fairfield Glade Community Center. Call 931-484-3722
for ticket information.
Booking information
For booking information, contact Dr. Wayne Pegram.
Big Band Sound members perform with the Southern Stars Symphonic Brass
Trombonist Carroll Gotcher, trombone/trumpet Jack Strotman, and trumpeter Jeff White are members of the Southern Stars Symphonic Brass. The group was founded by Dwight Wages, and is under the baton of Dr. Don Ryder, director of the University of Tennessee Symphonic Band and the "Pride of the Southland" marching band.
Members include professional musicians from the Knoxville and Bryan Symphony Orchestras, the Jack Daniels Silver Cornet Band, and with major nationally-known artists from Knoxville, Chattanooga, Crossville, Cookeville and the Nashville areas.