"It's part of tying together the whole ball of wax--Christmas, birthday, and the event," he says. "It's nice to come to the Square in Christmas time. It reminds me of Paris."
Anne Marie Barker of Roslindale brought her boss, a South Boston dentist, to the concert based on the choir's reputation.
"I've recently heard a lot about them," Barker says. "The quality is--you don't hear that too often, especially with boys this age."
Even the archdiocese's most well-known parishioner, U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56(D-Mass.) made it to the performance.
"We try to get out as much as we can," Kennedy said as he entered the church, accompanied by his wife Victoria Reggie. "But we haven't been able to make it to this event for the past few years."
"But this is Vicki's first time here," Kennedy added.
Kennedy was escorted to a seat in front, and that prompted the only uncharitable sentiment of the day.
"How'd he get the front row?" Barker wanted to know