Would you like to sing some of your favorite songs from your choir days? We would love to hear from you!

Complete the following form to submit your requests. These are the songs we will sing at the annual alumni Homecoming Concerts held on Alumni Day.

Tell us which songs you would like to sing!
Homecoming Concert Song Request Form

(Please be aware that final song choices for the concerts are subject to the availability of copies and if the piece is in print.)

    As Alumni we want to see the choir live on and continue to grow! The youth of the 2020’s are much different then those of the 1900’s (or even early 2000). The challenges of time management have been expanded with the youth working to support their families, marching bands that spend all summer (or at least most of it) preparing for their competition season and won’t excuse students from  camp weeks, and just the general competition out there for where the teens want to put their energy. 
    But you can help combat this! We know we can’t change these challenges so it becomes a numbers game. The more youth, teachers, parents and influential adults that learn about the choir the more the odds are in our favor that we’ll reach the kids that can commit to the 2 1/2 weeks of the Ohio State Fair. If every alumni out there recruited just one student the Rhodes Center would be busting at the seams! 
    So how can we help?!? Here are three ideas from the Choir leadership!

1. Personal invitation — nothing beats a face-to-face conversation with a high schooler and/or their parents. Share a favorite memory, a song you’ve heard the choir do that inspired you last year or the opportunity to make friends across the state. Then be sure to invite them to apply at aosfyc.org.
2. Share social media posts and tag youth/parents that you think would be interested. The more shares and engagement we get with our posts, the more they are shown to others!
3. Go to your area high school or youth music organization and speak with groups of students. We are happy to help give you tools and talking points — reach out at [email protected]
4. BONUS IDEA: If you come across anyone that wants to know more, let us know at [email protected], and we will contact them directly. 

    So get out there and “pound the pavement” for the choir!

Hello,
 
As continue through the beginning of 2026, I’d like to take a moment to tell you what the Alumni Board is working on. Before I do, I’d like to thank everyone who made it to Alumni Day 2025. It’s always nice to meet (or reacquaint with) alumni from all years and share stories. We covered over 60 years of history with our alumni this year, but had some years not represented that I’d like to see come back next year.
 
Alumni Day this year is August 1st. I would love to see singers from every year come back and share their experiences with the 2026 choir and each other. The more the fairgrounds change, the more the experience stays the same. On Alumni Day, you will get the chance to see the current choir sing 3-4 times, participate in the Alumni Concert at 6PM, support the Alumni Board’s fundraising efforts though the auction, and then sing with the current choir at the end of their concert that starts at 7PM. Please make plans to join us, and help us make music on the fairgrounds once again.
 
The Alumni Concert will feature musical selections from all 3 directors so that everyone can relive those memories we all cherish. The plan is to finalize next years’ selections in the near future and then work to get audio copies of the music online so that you can rehearse the music that is new to you online. There will also be a rehearsal the night before in person. Currently we are working on potential locations next year that would allow for time before and after rehearsal to catch up with old friends, and make new ones as well. Food will also be looked at, we had our first dinner before rehearsal this year and it seemed to go over well.
 
The Alumni Board is looking for individuals who are willing to make or donate items for our yearly auction. We have a silent auction during registration, and a live auction between the Alumni Concert and the Choir’s Evening Concert. This is our biggest fundraiser of the year, with these funds we help the current choir by providing needed items. The board is currently looking at replacing risers and a golf cart, as well as working to increase the activities that we do for alumni during the fair.
 
Above all else, we want to see you. On the fairgrounds, in person, standing next to us. For many of us, the experience changed our lives and set us on a new course in life. I personally would love to meet each and every one of you if it were possible. Your stories and memories warm my heart, they are so similar yet so different from my own at the same time. If you are receiving this, and you are still in contact with others from your year, please forward this to them. We want to expand the number of alumni who receive these newsletters, so send this to them and have them update their information. Notices can be sent to [email protected].
 
Thanks to all of you that came last Alumni Day, and thanks to those that are making plans to come this year. I can’t wait to sing with you.
 
Robb Burris
President

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