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Both Somerville and choir alum David P. Illingworth '71, associate dean of the College, point to the Christmas carol service as epitomizing the choir's spiritual effect...
During the service, conducted twice during the week before winter break each year, the choir comes out from behind the altar screen and stands in the aisles among the congregation...
...create a community," Somerville says. "It's as though the choir is embracing the congregation...
Illingworth, who was a member of the choir from 1967 to 1973, says music played a role in binding together the Harvard community during those turbulent years...
...wasn't necessarily to pray. He just wanted the community to come together," Illingworth says, adding that the choir tradition served a similar purpose even though many students were hostile towards the Harvard establishment...