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Supporting The Arts & Arts Councils Everywhere

Volume 5 No. 5| February 3, 2023

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This week's Arts Blast on the Air - Susan Hale, a Vero Beach artist, whose paintings are at the Center for Spiritual Care in a show called "Journeys" through February. Katelyn Johnson updates us on the 36th ArtsFest, in Gazebo Park, Stuart, February 11-12th.

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In This Issue


Gardenfest!

Vero Beach Art Club's Art Trail

Top of the Lake Art Fest

Happening in Brevard

VB Theatre Guild Schedule Change

ArtsFest 2023 & Volunteers

Ballet Vero Beach Update

Vintage Base Ball at Edison and Ford

Quilt Show

Win a Paddleboard, Donate Socks

Last Call for BVB's Tastemakers

Motown at the Barn



...and more!


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Watch Tastemakers online through February 5!

GARDENFEST! RETURNS TO RIVERSIDE PARK

February 4th and 5th 2023


VERO BEACH, FLORIDA - Gardenfest! is one of the largest free and family-friendly garden shows in Florida.

Visitors come from far and wide to stroll under the oaks and enjoy the amazing vendors, food, children’s crafts, and raffle prizes. Many visitors arrive with wagon in tow to fill them with garden treasures.


This annual event is hosted by the Garden Club of Indian River County and celebrates everything garden. Over twenty years have been spent scouring the south to bring together the highest quality vendors of plants and garden accessories. Gardenfest! vendors prepare their displays with great skill and care to show gardeners the latest trends in plant materials and design.


Proceeds from Gardenfest! help fund the club’s local scholarships and community outreach programs. Community outreach programs are aimed at enhancing, preserving, and beautifying the landscape of Indian River County.


Garden enthusiasts of all levels look forward to experiencing Vero’s premier annual gardening event Gardenfest! Rain or Shine!

 

Garden Club of Indian River County • 2526 17th Avenue Vero Beach, Florida 32960 • 772-567-4602

www.gardenclubofirc.com

Shop all things garden:


  • Florida natives and tropicals
  • Unique plant specimens
  • Planters
  • Pottery
  • Fountains
  • Furniture
  • Lighting
  • Statuary
  • Garden Services
  • Garden accessories


Vero Beach Art Club's Art Trail

From the Vero Beach Art Club:


The Art Trail is an open house of numerous studios around Vero Beach to introduce art to the public in the setting in which it is created. It is a premier event to our season at the Vero Beach Art Club. Artists will have the opportunity to show their work as well as make it available for sale. Photos posted are of the 2019 Art Trail.



Saturday & Sunday, February 4 & 5, 2023, 10 a.m. - 4 pm.


During Art Trail use your phone to go studio to studio with ease using the interactive map on the webpage.

Information about all of the individual artists, a registration form, and an interactive map can be found at https://www.verobeachartclub.org/art-trail. This event is popular with artists because they can display large batches of their works, share their thought processes, and explain their techniques to those who attend. Patrons enjoy the opportunity to see where the artists work, explore the artists’ motivations, and observe the methods the artists use to produce their creations. Both artists and patrons enjoy the relaxed atmosphere in which they can either sell or buy high-quality original artwork.


MICHELLE NEVAEH / 413-636-5265

Nevaeh Creates

6700 65th st Map Link

Parking on the grass is fine.


ANNIE HORKAN / 505-231-4079

Studio Bliss

6780 56th St Map Link

Prosperity Farms


SUE DINENNO / 772-321-8701

Sunspot Studio

6536 35th Place  Map Link

Oak Chase

MUST REGISTER FOR GATE CODE!


VERNON & DOMINIQUE TYNES / 772-532-2041

1765 41st Ave Map Link


SANDRA SEELEY / 772-633-3401

Designs by Sandy Studio

2531 Victory Blvd Map Link


CLAUDIA JARAMILLO / 772-559-2364

2531 Victory  Blvd


XAQUE GRUBER / 323-547-1188

Gallery Veritas & Art Library,

1420 20th Street Map Link


PAULETTE VISCEGLIA / 772-231-0303

Art Club Gallery & Marketplace

1903 14th Ave Map Link

DAVID LOPRESTI / 772-538-1454

LoPresti Art Gallery

927 7th Ave Map Link

Behind Chilis on 7th Ave


JEMAL HAYES / 772-360-9970

Jemal Hayes

931 7th Ave Map Link

Behind Chilis Restaurant


GLEN BOTTALICO / 772-538-8048

Bottalico Gallery/Studio

933 7th Ave Map Link

In the same building as Jemal Hayes and David LoPresti


LEIGH BENNETT / 440-552-8578

The Fiber Art Studio

57 Royal Palm Point Map Link

Ample parking in the median


JANVIER MILLER / 772-321-6176

Miller Studios-Studios of Janvier and Gustaf Miller

815 Gayfeather Lane Map Link


SHOTSI CAIN LAJOIE / 772-453-9049

3635 Flamingo Drive Map Link


ART IN THE PARK - OVER 25 ARTISTS

Come to Humiston Beach Park and see the work of over 25 Artists.

SUNDAY ONLY!!!  

Announcing three opportunities to dance with Ballet Vero Beach - Accepting auditions and applications NOW!

Audition for Ballet Vero Beach's 2023-2024 Season


Ballet Vero Beach is seeking professional dancers for the 2023-2024 Season. The company is specifically interested in male presenting dancers with professional experience, excellent classical and contemporary technique, and superior partnering skills. However, the company will consider all applicants regardless of gender identity. Interested dancers should submit resume and video footage to info@balletverobeach.org. For more information about our organization click Audition.

Apply to our Fellowship Initiative

The company is also seeking applicants for the Fellowship Initiative for Dancers. Specifically aimed at altering the way young people enter the field, this two year program allows accepted fellows to dance full time with Ballet Vero Beach, receive their AA or BA through Indian River State College (paid for by the company), and experience hands on training in arts literacy and arts integration through delivering the company's education and engagement initiatives. To apply for the initiative click Apply.

Apply to the Riverside Dance Festival

The Riverside Dance Festival is a unique experience in Intensive Summer Study presented by Riverside Theatre and Ballet Vero Beach. Accepted students will experience day-to-day life with Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre. Students will have the opportunity to take daily technique classes in hip hop and contemporary dance from Terminus and Riverside’s own distinguished faculty. They will also perform alongside Terminus in a mixed repertory concert to culminate the festival. To apply, click Apply.

Piecing It All Together Beautifully

It's time for the 2023 Vero Beach Quilt Show. Working on next weekend's event are more than twenty different committees, planning to make this Treasure Coast community event the best ever.


From the Vero Beach Quilt Guild:

Our two day event displays well over a hundred locally made quilts. These are separated into 15 categories and judged on color, craftsmanship, sewmanship, and beauty. There will be a “Quilts of Valor” presentation, Quilt Appraisals, Treasure Baskets, Entrepreneurs, Vendors, Boutique, and parking is free and plentiful at the Indian River County Fairgrounds.


The Theme is “Treasures of the Treasure Coast.”


A portion of the Quilt Show proceeds will benefit the Vero Beach non-profit organization: “Shining Light Garden Foundation,” (Shining Light Garden Foundation) a 20 acre vegetable and flower garden. For over 10 years, it has been supplying fresh food to Veterans, Food Pantries and the less fortunate members of the Treasure Coast. All harvesters are volunteers; all monies go into seeds, tools and equipment.

Vintage Base Ball at Edison and Ford Winter Estates

On March 26, Edison and Ford Winter Estates will host its annual Vintage "Base Ball" Tournament at historic Terry Park in Fort Myers. The teams will play several consecutive games throughout the day in a small tournament format. The gates will open at 9:30 a.m. with the first game starting at 10 a.m.


Vintage base ball (baseball in the 1860s, was spelled with two words) is played by 1860s rules, which include using wooden bats, no gloves and lemon peel baseballs. Players will wear vintage uniforms and the umpires will call the shots the way they did during the time period. 


The vintage team roster to date includes the Awkwards Vintage Base Ball of Central Florida, Bradenton Shamrocks Vintage Base Ball Club, the Early Riser BBC of Detroit, Vagabonds Base Ball Club (Fort Myers home team), and the Wyandotte Stars BBC (Michigan). Additional teams may be added and visiting players may join a team for the day. Admission to the vintage base ball tournament at Terry Park will be $5 for adults; kids 18 and under will be admitted free.










The game coincides with major league baseball spring training that is now locally played at JetBlue Park, the Lee County Sports Complex and Hammond Stadium; however, Terry Park was once the hub of baseball’s spring training, and where Thomas Edison was a frequent visitor. 


History of Terry Park and the Connection to Thomas Edison

In 1921, Dr. Marshall Terry, along with his wife Tootie McGregor-Terry, donated several acres of land that had in its earliest days been a cow pasture and later the site of the Lee County fair. Lee County government took formal possession of the land, which was a mile east of the City of Fort Myers with the stipulation that “all property shall be used as a park and public property.”


Using the specifications put forth by Cornelius McGillicuddy, aka “Connie Mack,” manager and owner of the Philadelphia Athletics, construction of the original ball field began in 1923 and was officially named Terry Park. After two years of negotiations between Mack and a committee led by Richard Richards Sr., owner of the Fort Myers Royal Palm Pharmacy, the Athletics agreed to play their spring training games in Fort Myers starting in 1925.


Terry Park served as the official spring training home of the Athletics until 1936. The team won the World Series in both 1929 and 1930.

Over the next five decades, other major league baseball teams used the ballpark to play their pre-season exhibition games, including the Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Royals and Pittsburgh Pirates. Hall of Famers such as George Brett, Roberto Clemente, Ty Cob, Jimmy Foxx, and Babe Ruth are just some of stars that graced the fields at Terry Park, helping bring national exposure to the “City of Palms.”


Thomas Edison, world-famous inventor and businessman, was also a die-hard baseball fan. In a 1927 interview, Edison was quoted as saying “Baseball is the greatest of American games. I don’t believe you can find a more ardent follower of baseball than myself, as a day seldom passes when I do not read sporting pages of the newspaper.” Edison decided to visit Terry Park on a few occasions to watch the Athletics play, even seizing one opportunity to participate in the team’s batting practice session.


“According to historic documents, Ty Cobb volunteered to pitch to the 80-year-old Edison, who subsequently hit a line drive that knocked Ty Cobb down who was standing half-way between the mound and home plate,” said Matt Andres, Curatorial Registrar at Edison and Ford Winter Estates. “As a result, Edison and an army of reporters roared with laughter after humbling one the leagues greatest players. While Cobb was dusting himself off, the inventor quipped, ‘think you can hit them like that when you’re 80'? A few days later the entire team visited Mr. and Mrs. Edison at their Fort Myers' estate and toured the property and had lunch with the legendary inventor.”

Presentation at Edison and Ford Winter Estates

For spectators wanting to learn more about the history of spring training and the baseball legends that played in Fort Myers, Edison Ford program manager, Holly Shaffer, will give a presentation on March 24 and March 25 at 11 a.m. The presentation is included with general admission to Edison and Ford Winter Estates.  

New Exhibit Planned

In partnership with Connie Mack's family, a new baseball exhibit is planned for the museum at Edison and Ford Winter Estates and is scheduled to open this spring. The exhibit will feature original artifacts and photographs on loan from the Mack family, connecting Thomas Edison, Connie Mack and baseball in Fort Myers. The exhibit will also trace the long history of Fort Myers as a Spring Training site, resulting in World Series pennants for every team that trained here longer than two years. The exhibit is scheduled to be on display for five years. 

For more information about Edison and Ford Winter Estates, visit EdisonFord.org


Photos - Left: The Vagabonds Base Ball Club is the Fort Myers home team and includes Tom Hottovy, Edison Ford CFO (third from left) and Matt Andres, Edison Ford Curatorial Registrar (fourth from left).

 

Right: Ty Cobb, Thomas Edison, and Connie Mack at Terry Park in 1927.

The Arts are A-OK in Okeechobee!

Top of the Lake Art Fest is February 4 (10-4) and February 5 (10-3).

The Art Fest will also feature our annual Chalk Walk Street Painting (both days) and The Taste of Okeechobee (Saturday 4 -7:30)

We are also hosting a Battle of the Bands on Saturday beginning at 11 am.

Top of the Art Fest is located in Flagler Park, Downtown Okeechobee. Free Event

Taste of Okeechobee is a ticketed event. $20.00 presale and $25.00 at door.

More information is available on website at https://www.okeechobeearts.org/p/23/art-fest#


art@okeechobeemainstreet.org

www.OkeechobeeArts.org

www.OkeechobeeMainStreet.org

The Taste of Okeechobee is an annual event help in conjunction with the Top of the Lake Art Fest. This Saturday night event is held in February. Event goers stroll Park Street in Downtown Okeechobee and taste the flavors of Okeechobee restaurants, while downtown businesses serve a variety of drinks. Passport ticket include food tastings, wine & beverage tastings, a chance to win prizes and people’s choice vote for favorite taste. Restaurants are also judged by out of town chefs for the coveted annual title of Best Taste of Okeechobee.

 

Advance tickets $20.00

$25.00 at the Door on night of the event.

We also invite everyone to the Arts & Culture Alliance Art Center, 111 NE 2nd Street, Okeechobee 

As we go into our 3rd year, we have works of over 30 artists showing at the art center and we also offer art classes and custom framing.

For more information about the Art Center and membership go to www.okeechobeearts.org.

Okeechobee Community Theatre is now selling tickets for their Spring play – Play On – a comedy by Rick Abbot.

Showtimes are Fridays and Saturdays – March 17 – April 1

http://www.okeechobeecommunitytheatre.com/

Tickets can also be purchase at the Okeechobee Main Street Art Center – 111 NE 2nd Street

From Waldau:

Be sure to stop by Cattlemen’s Square where the Cattle Drive Sculpture project is installed.

The 10 piece bronze sculptures are located in downtown Okeechobee in Flagler Park – SW 5th Avenue and State Road 70. It has become a very popular visitor’s stop. We are so proud of this.

Vero Beach Theatre Guild Schedule Change

ANNOUNCEMENT TO ALL TICKET HOLDERS FOR BOY FROM OZ FOR THE WEEKENDS OF MARCH 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, AND 26


Thank you very much for supporting the Vero Beach Theatre Guild by purchasing tickets to a future performance of the Boy from OZ. Unfortunately, due to extenuating and unforeseen circumstances the Theatre Guild is unable to put on this show. However, we have an amazing show in its place and will be performing the show, Pippin. The show will run from March 10th through March 26th. ALL TICKETS AND SEATS WILL BE HONORED for Pippin on the purchased date. If for any reason you do not wish to see the show, please call the box office at 772-562-8300. If you wish to keep your tickets for the date and seat purchased, you do not have to take any additional action. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. We are very excited to see you at our performances of Pippin. Thank you again for your understanding and patronage of the Theatre.

A nationally renowned group, The Motowners Ladies, will be starring at the Barn Theatre for a special, Valentine's Day event on Friday and Saturday evenings, February 10th & February 11th, as well as on Sunday afternoon, February 12th. Sing along and dance in the aisles as the ladies perform classic Motown, Rock n' Roll, and Pop hit songs featuring tributes to such legendary icons as The Supremes, Martha and the Vandellas, The Shirelles, The Marvelettes, Gloria Gaynor, Donna Summer, and more! For reserved seating, call 772-287-4884 or visit the Barn Theatre website at www.barn-theatre.com and scroll to the Concerts header for additional information and tickets.


This concert is a fundraiser to help the Barn proceed with several important capital improvement projects.

ArtsFest returns to downtown Stuart February 11-12 from 10AM - 5PM featuring a wide variety of visual artists, musicians, singers, and top area chefs. Tickets can be purchased at the gate for $5 for adults, with children 18 and under free. 

Consistently named one of the area’s Top 20 Events by the Southeast Tourism Society, ArtsFest will continue its 36-year history and showcase a diverse selection of arts to be enjoyed by residents and visitors. On the visual artist front, a juried art festival with submissions from across the nation will feature top artists in the categories of painting, drawing, mixed-media, photography, ceramics, glass, wood, sculpture, and jewelry are selected according to workmanship, originality, and artistic conception.  

In addition to the juried art show, attendees can watch the popular CHOPPED event showcasing the inventive talents of renowned Treasure Coast chefs and listen to performances by the greatest talent on the Treasure Coast.

“We always aim to surprise and delight guests who attend Artsfest, and this year will be no different,” said Nancy Turrell, CEO of MartinArts Foundation. “ArtsFest is truly an extension of the expansive arts community we have on the Treasure Coast, and we love this opportunity to highlight their accomplishments.”

Leading up to ArtsFest, Martin County Office of Tourism and MartinArts are partnering again to host the Hidden Turtles scavenger hunt. Glass turtles, made by Palm City based glass artist, Dot Galfond can be found near cultural venues, art in public places venues and other popular spots in Martin County. Find a gold turtle and register it at MartinArts.org to secure two VIP ArtsFest Tickets. All other turtles secure a discount “buy-one-get-one free” ticket offer for ArtsFest. 

Annually, ArtsFest draws over 7,500 people and over the past 3 years has generated more than a $1 million dollars to the local economy. For more information, access the website at MartinArts.org or call 772-287-6676. MartinArts is located at 80 SE Ocean Boulevard in the Court House Cultural Center in downtown Stuart. 

Brevard Happenings


Through Feb 5: Evita, Henegar Center, Downtown Melbourne


Through Feb 12: Jimmy Buffet's Escape to Margaritaville, Titusville Playhouse


Through Feb. 12 - The Music Man, Historic Cocoa Village Playhouse


Thru Feb 12: The Marvelous Wonderettes – Shuler Stage, Titusville Playhouse


Through Feb 19 - Lettice and Lovage  at Melbourne Civic Theatre


Through Feb. 25 - The Guardians, solo exhibition by Barbara Desrosiers, at Fifth Avenue Art Gallery, Front Room Gallery


Through Feb. 25 - The Essence of a Woman, solo exhibition byTheresa Prokop, at Fifth Avenue Art Gallery


Feb. 3, 5:30-8:30 p.m. - First Friday Gallery Stroll in Eau Gallie Arts District


Feb. 3, 5:30-8:30 p.m. - Opening reception for The Guardians, solo exhibition by Barbara Desrosiers, at Fifth Avenue Art Gallery, Front Room Gallery


Feb 3: First Friday Reception, Eau Gallery, Eau Gallie Arts District, EauGallery.com, 321-253-5553


Feb 4: Comedy Tonight Concert, Brevard Symphony Orchestra at the King Center


Feb 4 & 5: Brevard Renaissance Fair, Wickham Park, Melbourne


Feb 4 & 5: Central Brevard Rock & Gem Show, Kiwanis Island Recreation Center, Merritt Island


Feb 4 & 5: Gardenfest!, Garden Club of Indian River County, Riverside Park, Vero Beach


​Feb. 4, 4-9 p.m. - Whiskey in the District - Eau Gallie Arts District


Feb. 5, 7:30 p.m. - Brevard SO for IRSA at Community Church of VB


Feb. 6 -Ditchfield Family Singers: A Valentine's Concert at Riverside Presbyterian Church, Cocoa Beach. Free but tickets required​


Feb. 9-11, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Thurs., Fri.; Sat. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. - Central Brevard Art Association - Annual Spring Art Show and Sale at Cape Canaveral Library, 201 Polk Ave. 


Feb 9: Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, King Center


Feb 9-14: Tales of the Heart, Henegar Center, Downtown Melbourne

Another Kind of Car Show

Rolling Sculpture: Streamlined Art Deco Automobiles and Motorcycles

Through April 30, 2023

Beginning in the 1930s, the confluence of aircraft design, the sleek shapes of fast railroad locomotives, advanced highways like the German Autobahns, the Italian Autostradas, and the Pennsylvania Turnpike, along with epoch-changing global events like the 1939 New York City World’s Fair, encouraged automotive designers and engineers to style truly streamlined cars.

Motor Cars at McKee



On Saturday, February 11 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. McKee Botanical Garden will host its 14th Annual Motor Car Exhibition featuring over forty of “The Collectors’ Favorite”automobiles from their private collections. The exhibit will showcase a great variety of cars from antique to modern, as well as a display of motorcycles. 


This fun, family-oriented presentation of motoring excellence will be on display throughout the Garden and visitors will have an opportunity to speak with the car collectors. McKee’s annual motor car exhibition is one of the top shows in the area with its unique garden setting. 


Enjoy two exhibitions for the price of one! This year’s exhibition will be held in conjunction with McKee’s Garden of Glass Exhibition by world renowned master glass artist Jason Gamrath. This exhibition will be on display from now through April 30 and features ten one-of-a-kind stunning glass orchids, waterlilies, and plants celebrating the beauty, movement, and power in the natural world through the medium of glass.

Photo by JPR Images

Tidbits

Haitian-American Music at the Arts Garage in February


A collaboration between the Arts Garage in Delray Beach and the Haitian American Chamber of Commerce will present Jean Caze, a featured soloist in Michael Bublé’s band, on Sunday, February 26, at 7 pm.


The Central Brevard Art Association is presenting its annual Spring Art Show and Sale at the Cape Canaveral Public Library showcasing the unique talents of local artists. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, local artists will be displaying and selling a variety of original fine art and prints, photography, jewelry, sculpture, mixed media and much more! Find an original for yourself or your Valentine or just come and browse beautiful works of art. Gift Baskets will be raffled with 100% going to the CBAA scholarship fund.

 

The Cape Canaveral Public Library is located at 201 Polk Avenue, Cape Canaveral. Admission and parking are free. Show hours are Thursday, February 9, 9AM to 5PM; Friday, February 10, 9 AM to 5 PM; Saturday, February 11, 10 AM to 2 PM.

On Thursday Feb. 23, The Gifford Youth Orchestra will hold its annual GALA at the Quail Valley River Club, 2345 Hwy A1A. The Diamonds and Crystals event will feature guest speaker Captain Winston Scott, a former NASA Astronaut. For 20 years the GYO has offered violin lessons to the children of Gifford where founder Dr. Crystal Bujol believes that changing hearts one violin at a time is worthwhile. She is right as all students who go thru the program, graduate high school and go on to higher education. There will be plenty to eat & drink plus entertainment by the GYO students, as well as a silent auction and 50/50. Only $150 per ticket with sponsorships available. www.gyotigers.org or call 772-213-3007 and ask for Casey Lunceford, the new Executive Director. 

The Vero Beach Choral Society is in need of vocalists in both Tenor and Alto ranges. Anyone who can read music and has experience singing in a vocal ensemble is welcomed to join the group by audition. Visit the group’s website, www.VeroBeachChoralSociety.org, and click on “Audition” to apply.

Edward Hopper and Guy Pène du Bois: Painting the Real

On view now through March 26 at Polk Museum of Art

 

An original Polk Museum of Art exhibition, Edward Hopper and Guy Pène du Bois: Painting the Real comprises approximately sixty works and focuses on Hopper and Pène du Bois, two very thematically different but stylistically-overlapping artists who became lifelong friends from the time of their earliest studies at the New York School of Art.

MAKE SOME NOISE! CALL TO MUSICIANS

 

The St. Lucie Cultural Alliance is looking for great talent to be a part of our festivals!


Art Mind & Soul Fest | April 1 & April 2

A 2-day festival with art, music, dance, yoga, meditation, and so much more.


Levitt AMP Fort Pierce - Music at the Pointe

Saturdays, April 8 - June 10


St. Lucie Cultural Alliance, St. Lucie County Parks & Recs, and the City of Fort Pierce bring ten FREE outdoor music concerts to Museum Pointe Park! Apply now to be considered!

Every Thursday from 6 – 9:30 PM in downtown Jensen Beach (on Jensen Beach Boulevard), Jammin Jensen offers a mini-festival of local artists’ displays, music, vendors, and family entertainment!

There is no admission fee — it’s FREE!


From the Lake Wales History Museum:


New Exhibit from the Museum of Florida History through April 11. 

Stop in and learn about the rich history of Blues and Jazz in central Florida. This exhibit has interactive displays, videos, and much more to learn about how Florida Got the Blues!

Streaming First Presbyterian


First Presbyterian Church in Vero Beach presents many concerts and special performances. If you can't get to them in person, visit the church's website and watch the archived videos!

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