FRIEND CHOIR

Want a great recruitment tool? WE ALL DO! Try FRIEND CHOIR! Now look... this is not a new idea. I have heard of choir directors doing “bring a friend to choir day” and barbershop choruses hosting “guest night,” but I had not really seen anyone do QUITE this formula before. Let me just say - if you have been doing this - YAY! I’m not here to take credit - but I AM here to help! 

It’s pretty simple, really... 
-Pick an easy song (I picked an SAB “Lean On Me” because it was  accessible and has a message of friendship)
-Have choir members invite a friend to sing in the Friend Choir on their choir concert 
-Have the choir members “register” their friends through a Google Form so you can buy enough music and/or food if you’re going to feed them 
-Have the choir members give music to their friend AND HELP THEM PRACTICE 
-Post learning tracks in a Google Classroom or similar to help the cause 

BOOOM! FRIEND CHOIR!

We had all the choirs rehearse together with their friends for 30 minutes, then we ate pizza for 45 minutes, followed by the concert. I have 4 choirs; each sang 3 songs. The friends watched 12 songs, then came to the stage for everyone to close the concert with Friend Choir! It was amazing! Everyone loved it! 

Some positives... 
-Kids started asking choir members “can I be your friend and come next time?” 
-Multiple kids asked THAT NIGHT about joining choir at the semester or next year 
-My Cross Country runners enlisted friends and rehearsed at CC practice - GREAT publicity! 
-Teachers were asking singers if they could be “Teacher Friends” to sing next time 

IN SHORT - MASSIVE PR... and tons of kids talking about feeling like a big family, etc... you know the drill. I urge you to give this a try. 

Here’s some links to help!
FRIEND CHOIR DOCUMENT

VIDEO OF FRIEND CHOIR PERFORMANCE

FRIEND CHOIR GOOGLE FORM TO EMULATE

Any questions? DM me! I’m happy to help!