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Arts Bulletin 277
29 May 2008
This Week's Feature - National Celtic Festival 2008 | 
The Voyage of Bran
Gaelic Storm
| There's a chill to the air, the days are getting shorter and the mist is lingering a little longer over the beautiful seaside town of Portarlington. It's the perfect atmosphere for the upcoming National Celtic Festival 2008 held over the June long weekend (see details below).
From Friday evening until Monday afternoon there is much to enjoy. The huge array of entertainment ranges from lively stage concerts to intimate acoustic sessions. Festival venues include the Ol' Duke, Parks Hall, Wine Bar and the Village Stage, set amid the food and craft stalls of the lively Celtic Market.
As always the National Celtic Festival has something for all ages. This year's children's entertainment includes a Celtic Kid's Film Festival featuring animation, drama, comedy and more from the Little Big Shots international film festival for kids. This Celtic collection is showing exclusively at the festival and has been produced for, and by, children of all ages.
Festival organisers have just announced the inclusion of some exceptional international acts to join this year's musical line-up. Scottish legends Battlefield Band will bring its unique sound, honed over three decades, by combining 200 years of Scottish traditional music with modern self-penned songs and instruments.
US-based Gaelic Storm will play at the festival as part of its first ever Australian tour. If you look at where Gaelic Storm is touring, the list reads something like Dublin, New York and Portarlington!
The line up continues with New Zealand band Brazen and Australia's own Trouble In The Kitchen who will be performing their bon voyage gig. An absolute favourite will be the one-and-only Bushwackers, whose energy will be contagious. Festival organisers were blown away by a record number of teenage bands from around Australia applying to play.
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| Performing Arts |
Picnic At Hanging Rock Revisited
Anglesea Performing Arts and Clonard College's co-production is an adaptation of Joan Lindsay's classic 1967 novel Picnic At Hanging Rock and deals with the aftermath of the mysterious disappearance of a group of schoolgirls and a Mistress from Appleyard College from the slopes of Hanging Rock. This hauntingly beautiful tale is underscored by a soundscape created by Martin Cox which blends the guttural earthy sounds of the Australian bush and the evocative plaintive drone of the didgeridoo and juxtaposes these sounds with the refined romantic melodies of string quartets and piano sonatas. A complimentary glass of champagne is offered at 7.30pm on opening night. Tea, coffee or a glass of wine will be available after the show and you are invited to join the cast for a chat.
Anglesea Hall
| Dates: | 29 to 31 May | | Time: | 8pm plus 3pm matinee 24 and 31 May | | Venue: | Anglesea Hall, McMillan Street, Anglesea | | Cost: | Adult $20 Concession $18 Groups of ten $15 | | Contact: | 0407 971508 Marg |
Clonard Theatre
| Dates: | 6 and 7 June | | Time: | 8pm plus 3pm matinee 7 June | | Venue: | Clonard Theatre, 225 Church Street, Geelong West | | Cost: | Adult $20 Concession $18 Groups of ten $15 | | Contact: | (03) 5278 2155 Clonard |
Rose Bygrave Live at arQ Gallery Portarlington
We are very excited to have the beautiful voice and lyrics of Rose Bygrave as part of our new concert series this year. "After traveling abroad over the last four years and recent performances in India, she has returned home to release her new CD North, a collection of songs written in Italy, India and Japan, and also songs that follow the thread from her beginnings in the acclaimed band Goanna and her long friendship with the aboriginal people." Mike Daly, The Age Green Guide. "Rose gives you everything and does it with both ease and force...her voice appears above the roof of a song like a cry from an earth bound angel... world class act." Martin Flanagan, The Age. Our aim is to create an intimate atmosphere of art and music for the audience and the artist to savour together. Don't miss this wonderful opportunity to experience the art and the music with us at arQ.
| Dates: | 31 May 2008 | | Time: | 8pm | | Venue: | arQ Gallery, 40 Geelong Road, Portarlington | | Cost: | $15 | | Contact: | (03) 5259 1123 After Hours (03) 5257 1073 | | Email: | swanbays@bigpond.net |
The Arrival
A tale of fitting in, finding yourself and the importance of family, The Arrival is the story of Aki, a man who leaves his wife and child in order to make a new life in a city far across the sea. Based on the stunningly imaginative book by award-winning illustrator Shaun Tan, The Arrival uses a magical blend of digital animation, puppetry and human actors to tell its story of the immigrant experience and multiculturalism. None of the actors speak during the play; instead, they communicate through expressions and gestures. The Spare Parts Puppet Theatre brings this wondrous world to life in breathtaking fashion, as part of Geelong Performing Arts Centre's Bendigo Bank Family Magic program.
| Dates: | 31 May 2008 | | Time: | 10.30am and 1pm | | Venue: | Geelong Performing Arts Centre, 50 Little Malop Street, Geelong | | Cost: | $16.80 | | Contact: | (03) 5225 1200 | | Email: | boxoffice@gpac.org.au | | Website: | www.gpac.org.au |
Groove 4 Reconciliation
A brand new day dawned for Australia on 13 February 2008 when the federal government apologised to the Indigenous Stolen Generations in an historic act of reconciliation. National Reconciliation Week (27 May to 3 June) provides an opportunity for all people to celebrate reaching this major milestone on our shared path. On Wathaurong country, Aboriginal actor Glenn Shea will MC Groove 4 Reconciliation. where the legendary daddy of cool oz reggae, Ross Hannaford, plus the sublime Torres Strait Islander harmony of the Maza Sisters will be slotting right into the Groove. Presented by Geelong One Fire Reconciliation Group with support from Wauthaurong Aboriginal Cooperative.
* Groove 4 Reconciliation is a City of Greater Geelong Community Arts Grants Program-funded event. | Dates: | 1 June 2008 | | Time: | 2pm | | Venue: | Geelong Performing Arts Centre, 50 Little Malop Street, Geelong | | Cost: | Adult $15 Concession $10 Accompanied children free | | Contact: | (03) 5225 1200 |
Geelong Wind Bands Showcase 2008
A new group has been formed for Geelong wind (concert) bands and its first project is a Wind Bands Showcase. This concert will feature bands from Christian College Geelong, Belmont High School, Clonard College, The Geelong College, St Joseph's College and Kardinia International College and The Geelong Concert Band with special guest band The Geelong Concert Senior Band. Two 'critical friends' will provide positive feedback to each band following their performance.
| Dates: | 6 June 2008 | | Time: | 5:30pm to 8:30pm | | Venue: | Costa Hall, Deakin University Waterfront Campus, 1 Gheringhap Street, Geelong | | Cost: | Free, however a gold coin donation would be appreciated | | Contact: | No bookings required | | Email: | geelongcb@gmail.com |
*NEW*
A Day At The Great Music Hall with Musical Mornings
The finale of Musical Mornings Season One 2008 promises to be spectacular with A Day at the Great Music Hall, taking us on a welcome journey back to The Good Ol' Days of 1895, with men in white tie and tails and ladies in crinolines. Join the Gaslight Company - Australia's busiest morning music troupe - for a wonderful day at the Music Hall as they serve up a song and dance storm of parlour favourites at the Geelong Performing Arts Centre.
| Dates: | 11 and 12 June 2008 | | Time: | 10.30am | | Venue: | Geelong Performing Arts Centre, Little Malop Street, Geelong | | Cost: | $15.40 single tickets, subscriptions also available | | Contact: | (03) 5225 1200 | | Website: | www.gpac.org.au |
*NEW*
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra - Emanuel Ax Plays Chopin
Bridge The Sea; Chopin Piano Concerto No.2 ; Sibelius Symphony No.5.
Robin Ticciati - conductor Emanuel Ax - piano
Chopin, Poland's most famous composer, was only 19 when he performed his second concerto for the first time. It contains the moonlight poetry, rhythmic vitality and exquisite keyboard writing for which his music is so admired, and will be played by one of the great Chopin pianists of our day, his compatriot Emanuel Ax. Finnish master Jean Sibelius had a command of orchestral colour and an acute sensitivity to landscape. His Fifth Symphony is compact yet heroic, epic in scope yet enormously concentrated in expression. Robin Ticciati, one of Britain's brightest young conductors, is Music Director of Sweden's Gävle Symphony Orchestra and of Glyndebourne on Tour. He began his conducting studies when he was 15 years old, under the guidence of Sir Colin Davis and Sir Simon Rattle. In June 2005 he became the youngest conductor to conduct at La Scala, Milan.
| Dates: | 13 June 2008 | | Time: | 8pm | | Venue: | Deakin University, Waterfront, Costa Hall, 1 Gheringhap Street, Geelong | | Cost: | Adult $74 to $41 | | Contact: | (03) 5225 1200 | | Email: | Mso@mso.com.au | | Website: | www.mso.com.au |
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Geelong Advertiser Music Competition - John Brockman Regional Semi-Finals Concert
This is a wonderful program of fine classical solo music presented by twelve of Geelong's outstanding young musicians playing a range of instruments. Four of these young musicians will be selected to go forward to the Final Concert in Costa Hall Deakin University on Saturday 9 August where they will vie for the Harwood Andrews Regional Prize of $3,000. This promises to be a fine concert featuring upcoming artists.
| Dates: | 14 June 2008 | | Time: | 7.30pm | | Venue: | Costa Hall, Deakin University Waterfront Campus, 1 Gheringhap Street, Geelong | | Cost: | Free | | Contact: | (03) 5225 1227 | | Website: | www.gpac.org.au/gamusic |
*NEW*
Sportsman's Night
Sportsman's Night, written and performed by award wining comedian Damian Callinan, exposes life in a country town where footy rules all. Bodgy Creek is a town that has seen better days. The population is dwindling; the local timber industry is under threat; and now to top it all off the footy club, The Bodgy Creek Roosters, has been banned for their involvement in a 'harmless melee'! This riotous and energetic one man comedy, inspired by the real life events of a country footy club banned for a melee that got out of hand, is bound to be hit in our football loving city.
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| Visual Arts |
*NEW*
Cavalier Gallery
[dis]placed: concepts of time, space, place and memory
John Watts, Gillian Turner and James Watt are Geelong-based artists and educators. This new exhibition, entitled [dis]placed, brings these artists together for the first time in their combined Iinterpretations of this theme. Using photography, painting, drawing and mixed media [dis]placed informs the artists' varied concepts of time, space, place and memory to create deliberate figurative and spatial ambiguities in their work.
| Dates: | To 21 June 2008 | | Time: | Monday to Thursday 9am to 5pm Friday 9am to 4pm Saturday 11am to 4pm | | Venue: | Cavalier Gallery - Brougham School of Art and Photography, 73 Malop Street, Geelong | | Cost: | Free | | Contact: | (03) 03 5229 9984 | | Email: | admin@broughamart.vic.edu.au | | Website: | www.broughamart.vic.edu.au |
EAGLES NEST GALLERY
Heart Felt
The Eagles Nest Gallery is delighted to host an exhibition by local artist Matthew Grace who has exhibited in London, Melbourne and at the Adelaide Arts Festival. Grace's iconography of the mundane explores the relationship of the objects that surround him and his paintings are the result. He refers to them as visual poetry.
Exhibition:
| Dates: | To 15 June 2008 | | Times: | 10am to 5pm | | Venue: | Eagles Nest Gallery, 50 Great Ocean Road, Aireys Inlet | | Cost: | Free | | Contact: | (03) 5289 7366 | | Email: | nadia@eaglesnestgallery.com.au |
GEELONG GALLERY - Multiple listings
15th VIGEX International Photography Salon 2008
Established in 1980, VIGEX (an abbreviation of Victoria Geelong Exhibition) is one of only two international photographic competitions in Australia accredited by the Federation Internationale de l'Art Photographique (FIAP) and the Australian Photographic Society (APS). VIGEX is held every two years and is co-ordinated by a voluntary committee largely drawn from the Geelong Camera Club and Corio Bay Camera Club. Prints are accepted in the following categories: Monochrome Open, Colour Open, Nature, Photo Journalism, Creative and People. In 2008, photographers from over 40 countries entered a record of number prints - over 4,000. A panel of three experienced Australian photographers judged this year's entries: the top 72 prints awarded Merit and above are exhibited at the Geelong Gallery.
Continuous Moment - Damiano Bertoli
The three components of this exhibition - a central installation and two related paintings - are part of an ongoing investigation by Damiano Bertoli into the notion of 'continuous moment' or, in other words, the ways in which art history retains a relevance for contemporary practice, with a constant engagement in most forms of art between the past and the present. Each of the exhibited works makes reference to a haunting painting by the nineteenth century German Romantic artist, Caspar David Friedrich, titled Das Eismeer (The Sea of Ice) - a work that depicts the fateful end to a fictitious North Sea expedition. Consistent with the German Romantic approach that emphasized the monumentality of nature in opposition to the comparative frailty of man, Friedrich's painting reveals traces of a shipwreck that are dwarfed by an immense pyramid of shattered ice. Friedrich's narrative of exploration and tragedy at sea is replaced by a different kind of human presence and endeavour in Bertoli's sculptural work Continuous moment, with its constructed geometric forms combined with discarded materials from building sites. Bertoli's narrative shifts to that of the artist in the studio, to the successes and failures of art making rather than the failed North Sea expedition evoked by Friedrich. A floor talk of the exhibition will be presented by Damiano Bertoli, exhibiting artist.
Exhibition:
THE WINTERGARDEN
lianne @ wintergarden
Lianne Gough, local artist and 2007 Winner of the Gallipoli Prize is opening an exhibition of her new works. This exciting selection of work showcases Lianne's unique style and perspective. While the exhibition also includes landscapes, Lianne has again chosen to focus on portraiture which demonstrates her passion for chronicling the human spirit. Her paintings describe the subjects' attitude to life, by the look in their eyes, the way they stand or their place on the canvas. Art enthusiasts and professionals alike will be able to appreciate and enjoy this selection of works, giving us a glimpse of our community through one woman's eyes. Everyone is welcome to the opening of an exhibition of new works by Lianne Gough. |
| Literature |
Literary luncheon and Writing Workshop with Graeme Kinross-Smith
Under the title of The Truth Between the Lines - Telling Lies in Fiction and Poetry, Graeme Kinross-Smith - poet, novelist and writer of short fiction - will talk about and read from his short fiction, poetry and recent novel, Long Afternoon of the World, at a literary luncheon as part of the Queenscliff Sea of Words Festival. (For those wanting to read in advance, Graeme's book of poetry, photography and short fiction If I Abscond and his recent popularly acclaimed novel Long Afternoon of the World are available at Salt Contemporary Art Gallery, the ME Food store, Queenscliff Information Centre and Geelong and Melbourne bookshops.) The luncheon will be followed by an afternoon writing workshop exploring the possibilities in fiction, memoir, poetry, biography, family history, autobiography, feature articles and scripts as vehicles for the stories that all participants can carve from their experience.
| Dates: | 31 May 2008 | | Time: | 12.30 to 2.00pm Literary Luncheon
3 to 5pm Workshop | | Venue: | Athelstane House, 4 Hobson Street, Queenscliff | | Cost: | $25 Luncheon $15 Workshop | | Contact: | (03) 5258 1024 Athelstane House, (03) 5258 4843 Queenscliff Visitor Information Centre |
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| Festivals and Events |
Sea Of Words - Celebrating Words In All Forms - Spoken, Sung, Performed, Played And Written
A variety of events and activities is on offer throughout May. There will be something for everyone and it is all about words. Book discussion, poets and writers share the magic of their craft, afternoon tea with crime writer Katherine Howell or a literary lunch and writers workshop with Graeme Kinross Smith, singing workshop with Lil'Fi, book making, word play at Trivia Night or over the scrabble board, walks along the shore of Swan Bay or through the streets of Queenscliff, tours at the Maritime Museum and Lighthouse, share the experience of being there at the 'Sorry Speech' in Canberra or marvel at the antics of desperate entertainers auditioning in the Lighthouse Theatre production of Casting Capers 2. Many of the activities are free and others at minimal cost to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to join in. Programs available at Queenscliff Visitor Information Centre, 55 Hesse Street, Queenscliff.
Barwon Heads Film Society Inc. Screening - Midnight Cowboy
Directed by John Schlesinger and winner of three Academy Awards the film's cast includes Dustin Hoffman and John Voight. Based on an adaptation of Leo Herlihy's novel it makes for an outstanding buddy movie. Dustin Hoffman's Ratso is his most brilliant characterisation and Jon Voight is excellent as Joe Buck, the would-be stud. A moving and compelling contemporary story of urban alienation, this film has lost none of its impact over the years. Made in 1969 it runs for 108 mins. Rated MA.
| Dates: | 29 May 2008 | | Time: | 7.30pm | | Venue: | Barwon Heads Community Hall, cnr Hitchcock Avenue and Ozone Road, Barwon Heads | | Cost: | Membership or donation | | Contact: | (03) 5254 2138 | | Website: | www.barwonheads |
Wetland Connections
A celebration of the beauty and significance of coastal salt marsh wetland environments. Events, including art exhibitions of painting, drawing and photography continue during May. The group, Artists for Wetlands, hopes to raise awareness particularly of the Lonsdale Lakes wetlands complex and its vulnerable and endangered coastal salt marsh habitat.
| Dates: | Throughout May - refer to specific event listing for details elsewhere in this issue |
Artists For Wetlands
A sensitive and delicate expression of works, inviting the public to come and seek out the artists' impressions, and explore this vibrant ecosystem which is connected to the world heritage Ramsar site of Swan Bay. The artists are Deborah Brearley, Lauren Leviston, Pip Williams, Judy Stickland, Ann Cameron, Mahgo Smith-Armstrong and Trish Streitburger. This exhibition is part of the Wetlands Connections series of events.
| Dates: | To 31 May 2008 | | Times: | 11.30am to 5pm Thursday and Friday
10.30am to 5pm Saturday and Sunday
Appointment only Monday to Wednesday | | Venue: | arQ Gallery and Studios, 40 Geelong Road, Portarlington | | Cost: | Gold coin donation | | Contact: | (03) 5259 1123 or After Hours (03) 52571073 | | Email: | swanbays@bigpond.net.au |
Photographic Display
Photographic display of local vegetation from an historical perspective. This display is part of the Wetlands Connections series of events.
| Dates: | Throughout May 2008 | | Time: | 2 to 4 pm Daily | | Venue: | Queenscliff Historical Museum, 49 Hesse Street, Queenscliff | | Cost: | Free | | Contact: | (03) 5258 2511 |
*NEW*
In The Realm Of The Senses - Short Film Festival On The Road 2008
This festival includes In The Game in which two young couples play a game of emotional cat and mouse to reveal an infidelity amongst them. Love No 9 is about Ivy, a woman trapped in a world of 1940's glitz and glamour who has a romantic attraction and deluded obsession with her neighbour. Two Cars One Night explores how sometimes first love is found in the most unlikely of places, like in the carpark outside the Te Kaha pub. The tour, aptly named On the Road 08 will return for the fourth consecutive year to the Colac Otway Performing Arts and Cultural Centre with a fresh new program of compelling and innovative short films that will inspire and entertain. Hosted by In the Realm of the Senses this is an opportunity to see first hand the next generation of filmmaking talent to emerge from Australia and abroad.
| Dates: | May 31 2008 | | Time: | 6.30 pm Screening 7.30pm | | Venue: | Colac Otway Performing Arts and Cultural Centre, cnr Gellibrand and Rae Streets, Colac | | Cost: | Adult $13 Concession $10.50 Student $9.50 | | Contact: | (03) 5232 2077 |
2008 Bethany Arthouse Film Festival - The Lives Of Others
This intense thriller begins in Berlin five years before the fall of the Berlin Wall and traces the gradual disillusionment of State Security Captain Gerd Wiesler, who works for the Stasi Secret Police. A powerful minister, who takes a fancy to beautiful actress Christa-Maria Sieland, puts Weisler up to spying on her and her playwright partner. When you wiretap, you learn all sorts of things, perhaps even things you weren't supposed to know. He comes to increasingly empathise with the couple he spends so much time eavesdropping on, leading to complex and shattering results. Winner 2006 Oscar for the Best Foreign Language Film. German with English subtitles.
Rating MA Duration 132 mins Starring Sebastian Koch and Martina Gadeck.
| Dates: | 5 June 2008 | | Time: | 8pm | | Venue: | Geelong Performing Arts Centre, Little Malop Street, Geelong | | Cost: | Adult $16 Concession $10 | | Contact: | (03) 5225 1200 | | Email: | www.gpac.org.au |
*NEW*
Field Naturalists' Lecture
A presentation on the subject of weeds.
| Date: | 10 June 2008 | | Time: | 7.30pm | | Venue: | Geelong Botanic Gardens Meeting Room | | Cost: | Free | | Contact: | (03) 5222 6053 | | Email: | friendsgbg@sunet.com.au |
*NEW*
Geelong Classic Cinema - Anansi
A group of four West Africans dare to undertake the perilous journey to Germany. However their path to a promised land is strewn with obstacles. Anansi is an odyssey full of wonders and sacrifices, African mystique and love that surpasses all borders. Director and screenplay Fritz Baumann. Vivid soundtrack by Roma Bunkas.
Germany 2002 colour 80mins sub-titled. The short film Celtic Spirits will also screen. Canada. 1978 Colour 28 mins. | Date: | 11 June 2008 | | Time: | 7.30 pm (allow time for parking) | | Venue: | Morrow Theatrette. 51 Litttle Malop St Geelong (Upstairs - next to the Geelong Art Galllery) | | Cost: | Become a member and see 3 monthly films for $15 | | Contact: | Vern (03) 5243 6926 John (03) 5254 2496 |
Camping Under The Moonahs
Art exhibition and assemblage by Deborah Brearley as part of the Wetlands Connections series of events.
| Date: | To 15 June 2008 | | Time: | 8am to Late Monday to Saturday
8am to 5pm Sunday | | Venue: | Kelp, 67 Pt Lonsdale Road, Point Lonsdale | | Cost: | Free | | Contact: | (03) 5258 4797 |
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| Employment and Opportunities |
*NEW*
Divas Wanted
Auditions for female singers aged 12 to 18 years
Were you born to perform? Do you want to hit the recording studio? Do you love singing challenging harmonies?
We are looking for talented female singers aged 12 to 18 years to form an a cappella group to record and perform in Geelong. If you think you have what it takes, call Lucy Jones with your details or email (see details below). Auditions will be held in Geelong. This project is proudly supported by the Geelong Harmony Chorus.
*NEW*
Seniors Festival Program Open
Are you looking for a new way to open your corner of the art world to people aged 50 years and over? The City of Greater Geelong might be able to help. The Victorian Seniors Festival Geelong is the largest community celebration for seniors in regional Victoria. It runs for the entire month of October and features a huge variety of community hosted events and experiences, including competitions, workshops, dances, concerts and tours. In a survey conducted with Festival participants in 2007, a significant number of seniors indicated that they were looking for opportunities to be involved with the arts either as an audience member or a direct participant (eg via workshops and classes). If your organisation would like to promote an event or special offer in our Program of Events or needs financial assistance of up to $400 to assist with hosting an event, contact us on or visit our website to apply (see details below).
Victorian Music Library
The Victorian Music Library (VML) is a not for profit music resource centre, managed by volunteers to preserve and provide for loan a collection of over 60,000 items of sheet music to their members throughout Victoria. They aim to make the music collection available to their membership, which includes orchestras, string ensembles, brass bands, school music departments, musicians, performers, students and music teachers. The library offers a great value way for local communities to access music, often providing works that are only available in Australia in their library, along with a postal service and longer loans for rural and regional members. Membership is available at a reasonable rate and allows multiple loans from the collection along with other benefits. Check the website for more information about this exciting resource.
| Dates: | Tuesdays and Thursdays | | Time: | 10am to 4pm | | Venue: | 64 - 66 Orrong Road, Elsternwick (alongside the Uniting Church Archives) | | Cost: | Check website for membership fees | | Contact: | (03) 9528 3135 | | Email: | musiclib@vicnet.net.au | | Website: | www.vicnet.net.au/~vml/ |
EOI: Local Art, Craft and Produce Stallholders
Expressions of interest are being sought for quality local art and craft and local produce market stalls for this year's National Celtic Festival to be held over the June long weekend in Portarlington. Visit our website for further information. Celtic Market applications can be found on the website or call 0409 017 130 to register your interest.
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