Crowd's 6am Oxford, waiting for the singing from Magdalene Tower, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK, GB.

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The event starts early at 6 with the Magdalen College Choir singing a hymn, the Hymnus Eucharisticus, from the top of Magdalen Tower, a tradition stretching back over 500 years.[1] The choir traditionally also sings a madrigal, Now Is the Month of Maying, following prayers for the city led by the Dean of Divinity. Large crowds of both students and Oxford residents normally gather under the tower, along the High Street, and on Magdalen Bridge. Students and fellows of Magdalen College gather in the college cloisters and on top of the other towers within the college grounds. In 2017 the event took place during the Bank Holiday weekend, and a record 27,000 people gathered to hear the choir

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Location: The High Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK,
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