 Alumni Day 2024 is quickly approaching - we can’t wait to see you on Saturday, July 27th!
We have some opportunities for volunteers to help at registration from 9-11:30. Opportunities include set up/tear down, greeting alumni, running the silent auction, circulating registration forms, handing out our alumni gift, etc. We would love to have you help out for any time period (30 minutes, 1 hour, the entire 2 1⁄2 hours). If you are interested, please contact a board member or email us at [email protected]. Please also join us on Friday, July 26th for our Alumni Homecoming Concert rehearsal!
9am-11:30am: AOSFYC Alumni Association Registration - Rhodes Center
Noon: AOSFYCAA Annual Meeting - Rhodes Center
ribbon). Please see a member of the Alumni Board if you need to get your ribbon! Follow the 2024 AOSFYC performances throughout the day
6pm-6:30pm - Alumni Homecoming Choir Concert - Voinovich Lawn
6:30pm-7pm: AOSFYCAA Annual Live Auction - Voinovich Lawn
7pm: 2024 AOSFYC Glenville Thomas Memorial Concert - Voinovich Lawn
**Reminder to Alumni to please use discretion in your apparel for participation in performances and representing the AOSFYC. You may be asked not to participate if you are wearing anything with inappropriate or offensive language. We recommend wearing Black, Navy, Khaki, or denim bottoms (no tears please) and an AOSFYC shirt (uniform or other official merchandise is perfect. No airbrush please).
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 For those of you who follow us on Facebook, you have most likely noticed that we have two operating Facebook Groups. In order to streamline our communications with you and get all alumni in one place, we will be discontinuing one of these groups after Alumni Day 2024. The Group that will be discontinued is called All-Ohio State Fair Youth Choir Alumni. In order to keep receiving our Facebook communications, make sure you are a member of the group called AOSFYC Alumni. If you’re already a member of AOSFYC Alumni, you don’t have to do a thing! If not, click the link above and join today!
 We are continuing our tradition of auctioning off items during alumni day to raise funds for the choir, and alumni operations. This will take two forms: a silent auction taking place during registration with winners announced at our annual meeting at noon, and a live auction taking place before the Glennville Thomas Memorial Concert on the Voinovich lawn. If you would like to donate an item to be auctioned off, please contact the board at [email protected].Popular auction items may include gift baskets, choir memorabilia, or something handmade.
 Each day at the fair, alumni, friends, and family of the choir have the opportunity to sponsor the American flag. This can be in honor of individuals, anniversaries, or just because! The cost of sponsorship is $75.00 If you are interested please contact us at [email protected].
Current available dates to sponsor the flag include:
 We have added a new committee to the Alumni Board to focus on all things Fundraising! We
hope with the addition of this committee, we will be able to raise the funds to purchase new risers in the next few years as well as other required equipment to keep the AOSFYC safe and stress free! The current risers are circa 2005ish and are not yet in dire need of replacing, but are showing the expected wear and tear and will need to be replaced sooner rather than later. The board will be planning a Fundraising Gala and would love to have volunteers help us plan! Please reach out to Maggie Seid or Robb Burris or email us at [email protected] if you are interested in helping!  Please mark your calendars for Alumni festivities this July as seen in Dates to Remember! We have heard from a few folks that were hesitant to attend past AIumni Days due to having to travel in and find a place to stay. If you are local to Columbus, please consider opening up your guest room or couch to fellow Alumni that will be traveling in. If you are interested in hosting for the weekend or need a place to stay, please email [email protected] and provide numbers of guests and dates available. We want to see all your smiling, singing faces.
One of the best parts of being together is getting to sing together! We all have our favorite music from our years in the choir and I hope you are singing yours as you read this. Every Alumni Day we connect with each other by singing some traditional AOSFYC songs as well as a few favorites from past years. In recent years we have added a Homecoming Alumni Choir concert comprised entirely of Alumni to sing before the current AOSFYC final concert at Voinovich Lawn. This 30 minute concert has allowed us to sing a few more pieces than previous years allowed. As we begin to look ahead to warmer months and plan our 2024 Alumni Day, we want to ensure we are singing the music that matters to us. This is where you come in: we need you to tell us your favorite music from your time in the choir. By clicking the survey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XPF5XDW you can input your favorite song (please only submit 1 entry each). Once we compile our favorite songs, we’ll send out a final survey to vote on the top picks to be sung on Alumni Day! *Song choices will be subject to music availability. Interested in joining the alumni board? Know someone who is? A call for nominations:
Are you an alumni who enjoys volunteering and making a direct impact? The alumni board is seeking nominations for new members. Interested parties must be an alumni and be a paid member of the alumni association at the time of elections, which take place on alumni day. The goal of the board is to support the choir and alumni through fundraising, service, and newsletters. The board meets 4-5 times throughout the year to discuss and plan for upcoming events and newsletters. If you or someone you know is eligible and interested in joining, please contact us at [email protected] Beginning at the 2024 alumni day, we will be increasing the size of the board by 3 members. We will add one position each year, concluding in 2026. This means that each alumni day, we will be voting on 4 board members rather than 3. The alumni board is beginning to plan for the purchase of a new set of risers for the choir. As you can imagine, this is not a cheap endeavor. The board intends to begin fundraising efforts immediately, and thus has established a fundraising committee. Please let us know if you have any fundraising ideas, or if you are interested in joining the committee, or any others, please contact [email protected] If you signed up to help with another committee at the 2023 alumni day, the board will begin contacting you soon to set up times to meet.  For those of you who follow us on Facebook, you have most likely noticed that we have two operating Facebook Groups. In order to streamline our communications with you and get all alumni in one place, we will be discontinuing one of these groups after Alumni Day 2024. The Group that will be discontinued is called All-Ohio State Fair Youth Choir Alumni. In order to keep receiving our Facebook communications, make sure you are a member of the group called AOSFYC Alumni. If you’re already a member of AOSFYC Alumni, you don’t have to do a thing! If not, click the link above and join today!
 Opportunities are available to sponsor the American flag and AOSFYC Float during the Daily Parade! These are perfect for individual, family, and group sponsorship! What a great way to connect with fellow alumni and sponsor together! And don’t forget that charitable donations such as these are tax right-offs. Contact [email protected] for more information and date availability! Daily flag sponsorship - $70. Yearly Float sponsorship - $250
 For those of you who have been to the fair post 2020, I am sure you have noticed the choir is smaller than in years past. We are rebuilding (following the canceling of the Fair in 2020 and limited numbers of 2021) and the amazing AOSFYC staff has asked for our help with recruiting!
The easiest way to help is to share the link to the online application (https://www.aosfyc.org/apply.html) with high school students you may know, friends or colleagues with high school aged students, or friends that are high school teachers. The application is open though March 31st. Additionally, please let us know if you are connected to any high school choir directors as we would love to connect them with the AOSFYC Staff for more information. You can also send us a brief testimonial about your time in the choir that we can share with the AOSFYC Staff to use with high schools recruiting across the state. You can send any choir director contact information or testimonials to [email protected]. |
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