For over ten years the OHS choir has maintained the choir shirt tradition. This year, Bryce Benjamin (12) handed down the choir shirt to Alex Sato (11).
Each year a spirited senior, must be male, is chosen to carry on the tradition by whoever currently has the honor. The senior who inherits the shirt has to wear the shirt every Friday or on the last day of the school week. Once the senior’s turn is up, they sign the sleeve and place an emblem on it that can either represent them, a fad, a joke, or whatever they feel is needed.
“Receiving the jacket is a huge honor and if it signifies anything, it signifies a bold commitment to individualism, choir tradition, and a willingness to make every Friday awesome,” Sato said.
The senior that inherits the shirt is also not supposed to wash the shirt, according to OHS choir lore; however, it is okay if said senior’s mother steals the shirt and washes it.
According to Benjamin, there is no specific reason for handing down the choir shirt, but it is generally handed down to those that show strong leadership in the choir program.
The tradition was originally started as a way for students to agitate teachers, but now the tradition is just maintained for fun.
![Julian Jackson (10) work with his father to make custom sweatshirts. “I really want to make it [bigger] because right now we make the hoodies in his basement and I eventually do want to make it a lot bigger. I want to get an actual store or an actual place outside the house and start selling them outside to other people who don't know who we are because we mostly sell them to family and friends and stuff like that…” Jackson said. “But I eventually want to get it to people who don't know who we are…” They started the business a few years ago.](https://myohsonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_3386-1068x1200.jpeg)
