History
The group was founded in 1979 as a public service project of the Phillips Brooks House Association at Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, performing for the university community and local charitable organizations. Their first public concert was at Yale University in November 1979, amidst the pageantry of the Harvard-Yale football game. The group performed in their first film in 1982, entitled First Affair and starring Melissa Sue Anderson and Loretta Swit. Their most recent appearance was in Mona Lisa Smile, a 2003 movie starring Julia Roberts that was set at Wellesley College. The Harvard Din & Tonics of 2009 celebrated their thirtieth anniversary with a concert at Harvard's Sanders Theater on March 14, 2009.
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