To celebrate Gene Poston's 83rd birthday on July 31, 2011, the Broad Ripple High School Golden Singers held a party at BRHS in the lobby of the Gene R. Poston Auditorium. Poston led the Golden Singers starting in 1954 and served as Chairman of the BRHS Music Department and Director of Productions from 1960 through 1980 where he directed 23 Broadway musicals.

In 2007 the auditorium at BRHS was named "The Gene R. Poston Auditorium" and the Gene Poston foundation was started as a vehicle for giving back to the school and its students. So far, the foundation was awarded over $4200.

A large bronze plaque, on the wall of the auditorium lobby near the ticket windows, was unveiled at the reception.