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BREAKING NEWS! Latest CD\r\n Released October 1, 2006<\/i><\/strong><\/h1>\r\n

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The Royal City Saxophone Quartet<\/font>

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It is the pleasure of the RCSQ to share with you the many moods of\r\n music, expressed through the medium of Adolphe Sax's invention--the\r\n saxophone. Each member of the quartet, for his own unique reasons, was\r\n drawn to this versatile wind instrument, and together they've enjoyed\r\n performing these often-requested tunes for live audiences everywhere. \r\n <\/span>This packed programme of ragtime, classics and jazz can surely be\r\n called
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1.\r\n \r\n That's A Plenty<\/a><\/b>\r\n <\/b>(2:01)\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n
\r\n <\/b>\r\n <\/span>Bert Williams,\r\n 1909, Arranged by Cooper\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n <\/span><\/p>\r\n

2.\r\n \r\n \r\n Mississippi<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>\r\n Rag<\/a> (2:41)\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n
\r\n <\/span><\/b>W. H. Krell, 1897,\r\n Arr: Arthur Frackenpohl\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n <\/span><\/p>\r\n

3.\r\n \r\n Kitten on the Keys<\/a> (2:44)\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n
\r\n <\/span><\/b>Zez Confrey, 1921,\r\n Arr: M. Nascimben<\/a>\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n <\/span><\/p>\r\n

4.\r\n \r\n O Danny Boy<\/a> (3:31)\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n
\r\n <\/b>Traditional, Arr: Walter Todenhoft\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n <\/span><\/p>\r\n

5.\r\n \r\n Irish Suite<\/a> (4:11)\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n
\r\n <\/span><\/b>Traditional, Arr: \r\n Elliot A. Del Borgo<\/a>\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n <\/span><\/p>\r\n

6.\r\n \r\n 'Round Midnight<\/a> (3:50)\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n
\r\n <\/span><\/b>Thelonius Monk and\r\n Cootie Williams, 1962, Arr: Rainer M'ller-Irion\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n <\/span><\/p>\r\n

7.\r\n Charleston<\/st1:place>\r\n Rag<\/a> (3:52)\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n
\r\n <\/span><\/b>Eubie Blake, 1919,\r\n Arr:  M. Nascimben<\/a>\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n <\/span><\/p>\r\n

8.\r\n \r\n Aria from Suite No. 3 in D Major<\/a> (3:23)\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n
\r\n <\/span><\/b>'Air on the G \r\n\t\t String'\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n
\r\n J. S. Bach, BWV 1068, Arr:\r\n Marcel Mule\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n

9.\r\n \r\n Bach's Fireworks Music<\/a> (4:25)\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n
\r\n <\/span><\/b>Calvin\r\n Hampton<\/a>, c.\r\n 1980 \r\n <\/o:p>\r\n <\/span><\/p>\r\n

10.\r\n \r\n Over the Rainbow<\/a> (3:10)\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n
\r\n <\/span><\/b>Harold Arlen, 1939,\r\n Arr: Don Ashton\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n <\/span><\/p>\r\n

11.\r\n Brazil<\/a><\/st1:place>\r\n <\/st1:country-region>\r\n (2:34)\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n
\r\n <\/span><\/b>Bob\r\n Russell and Ary Barraoso, 1957, Arr:\r\n <\/span> Bill Liston<\/a><\/span>\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n <\/span><\/p>\r\n

\r\n  <\/span>12.\r\n \r\n Smoke Gets in Your Eyes<\/a> (3:28)\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n
\r\n <\/span><\/b>Jerome Kern, 1933,\r\n Arr: Al Cobine\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n <\/span><\/p>\r\n

13.\r\n \r\n Blues Dance<\/a> (3:26)\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n
\r\n <\/span><\/b>Al Cobine, 1981\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n <\/span><\/p>\r\n

14.\r\n \r\n Pick Yourself Up<\/a> (1:50)\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n
\r\n <\/span><\/b>Jerome Kern, 1936,\r\n Arr: Al Cobine\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n <\/span><\/p>\r\n

15.\r\n \r\n Harlem<\/st1:place>\r\n Nocturne<\/a> (2:47)\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n
\r\n <\/span><\/b>Earle Hagen 1940,\r\n Arr: Bill Liston<\/a>\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n <\/span><\/p>\r\n

16.\r\n St. Thomas<\/a><\/st1:place>\r\n <\/st1:City>\r\n (3:17)\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n
\r\n <\/span><\/b>Sonny Rollins,\r\n 1953, Arr: Unknown\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n <\/span><\/p>\r\n

17.\r\n \r\n Dizzy Fingers<\/a> (2:39)\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n
\r\n <\/span><\/b>Zez Confrey, 1923,\r\n Arr: Bill Holcombe<\/a>\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n <\/span><\/p>\r\n

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In Bach's Fireworks Music<\/b> (#9), Calvin\r\n Hampton composed an original work for saxophone quartet, filled with\r\n the complexity and intellectual fervour characteristic of the best of\r\n the Baroque style. The well-known Bach Aria<\/b> (#8) features the\r\n lyrical nature of Baroque times, but played by an ensemble unknown to\r\n Bach's time -- the modern saxophone quartet.<\/o:p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n

Al Cobine provides us with an original\r\n composition in Blues Dance<\/b> (#13), and applies his talent as an\r\n arranger to Jerome Kern's Pick Yourself Up<\/b> (#14) and Smoke\r\n Gets in Your Eyes<\/b> (#12). For these quintet tracks, Ernie Kalwa\r\n adds the 2nd<\/sup>  <\/span>tenor\r\n part, and the RCSQ invited a rhythm section to the studio to create a\r\n tribute to the magic and majesty of the Big Band sound.<\/o:p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n

Two different arrangers, Nascimben and Holcombe,\r\n tackle the works of Zez Confrey (#3, #17), and in their clever ways,\r\n make pianistic ideas fly over the forty fingers and pads of the\r\n saxophone quartet. In Kitten on the Keys<\/b>, the saxophones have\r\n fun shedding new feline attitude into this well-known ragtime hit.<\/o:p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n

\r\n Harlem<\/b><\/st1:place>\r\n Nocturne<\/b> (#15), featuring Larry Moser, is a classic with\r\n hundreds of renditions on record, all reflecting on the inward journey\r\n of the soloist. A similar mood comes to mind with the Thelonius Monk\r\n standard, Round Midnight<\/b> (#6) featuring Bradley Moggach. \r\n <\/span>Memories which only the language of music can stir to life are\r\n expressed in the twentieth century's most popular song, Over the\r\n Rainbow<\/b> (#10), featuring Robert McWade, and in the traditional O\r\n Danny Boy<\/b> (#4).  <\/span>In\r\n carrying on a Celtic theme, we hear Del Borgo's Irish Suite<\/b>\r\n (#5), which places a reflective Lullaby<\/i> between the more up-beat Kerry Dance<\/i>, and the Irish\r\n Washerwoman<\/i>.<\/o:p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n

Continuing our international tour, we visit a\r\n carnival parade introduced by the batucada rhythm of Brazil<\/b>\r\n (#11), and then visit the island of St. Thomas<\/b> (#16), again\r\n sharing the street and stage with a rhythm section.<\/o:p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n

To balance this dance of life, the saxophone\r\n quartet opens the stage in Dixieland style with That's A Plenty<\/b>\r\n (#1) and the Ragtime energy of a young twentieth century is heard in Mississippi\r\n Rag<\/b> (#2) and Eubie Blake's Charleston Rag<\/b> (#7).<\/o:p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n

Dizzy\r\n Fingers<\/b> (#17) concludes the performance, and is often featured as\r\n an encore in live concerts by the RCSQ.\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <\/table>\r\n <\/center><\/div>

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Bradley\r\n Moggach, Soprano, Alto, and Piano\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n
\r\n Larry Moser, Alto\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n
\r\n Robert McWade, Tenor\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n
\r\n Ernie Kalwa, Baritone and Tenor (tracks 12, 13+solo, 14)\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n <\/span><\/o:p>\r\n <\/span><\/p>\r\n

'with \r\n\t\t special guest artists'\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jack\r\n McFadden, String Bass\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n
\r\n Michael Wood, Drums and Percussion\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n <\/span><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n

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Executive\r\n Producer: Ernie Kalwa\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n
\r\n Liner Notes: Bradley Moggach\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n
\r\n Recording and Mixing Engineer: Brian Hewson\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n
\r\n Mastering Engineer: Andrew St. George of Le Mix\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n
\r\n Mixing Consultant: Peter Randell\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n
\r\n Recorded March 19, 25, 26, and June 19, 2006\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n
\r\n at Escarpment Sound\r\n Studio<\/a>, \r\n Acton<\/st1:City>, \r\n Ontario, \r\n Canada.\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n <\/span><\/o:p>\r\n <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Photos:\r\n Janette Gajic of Grandview Photography (www.grandviewphotography.com<\/a>) 
\r\n and The Woolwich Observer (www.woolwichobserver.com<\/a>)\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n
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The RCSQ plays and endorses \r\n\t\t\tRovner Ligatures (www.rovnerproducts.com<\/a>).\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n <\/span><\/p>\r\n <\/st1:place>\r\n

Copyright\r\n ' 2006 The Royal<\/st1:PlaceName>\r\n \r\n City<\/st1:PlaceType>\r\n <\/st1:place>\r\n Saxophone Quartet\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n <\/span>\r\n
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\r\n \r\n "A must have CD!<\/font>... <\/b>a rollicking good \r\n\t\t\ttime... This Royal City Saxophone Quartet CD is a superlative \r\n\t\t\trecording, easily demonstrating their versatility, as well as \r\n\t\t\tvirtuosity as a quartet. To perform so well in such a variety of \r\n\t\t\tmusical styles is tribute to their considerable talents. In \r\n\t\t\taddition, they bring all the excitement and enthusiasm that they \r\n\t\t\thave for their niche ragtime theme tunes, into the other music \r\n\t\t\tstyles on this CD. This is definitely a must have CD."<\/font>

\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\tClick here to read Paul Wagner's entire review as it \r\n\t\t\tappeared in Saxophone Journal (Sept\/Oct 2007) <\/font><\/a><\/b><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t

Published in SeptOct 2007 Saxophone Journal ' 2007, \r\n\t\t\tDorn Publications Used by permission\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\thttp:\/\/www.dornpub.com\/saxophonejournal.html<\/a><\/font><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n

\r\n FOUR STARS (out of Five)!!! - CBC's Sound Advice with Rick Phillips.\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\tClick here to see the program log. <\/a>Rick opened his show on May \r\n\t\t\t12 2007 with our Bach's Fireworks Music! From the transcript of \r\n\t\t\tRick's review:<\/b>

\r\n\t\t\t"This quartet always produces recordings with a lot of fun and \r\n\t\t\tenjoyment. The jazz numbers tend to be the best, but they offer a \r\n\t\t\tbroad range of material here in several styles... the performance \r\n\t\t\tand recording quality are consistently professional. It's the range \r\n\t\t\tof music, the fun and enjoyment that'll win you over. Four stars<\/b>."\r\n\t\t\t<\/b><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t

\r\n\t\t\tNOTE: Jurgen Gothe of CBC's DiscDrive included the RCSQ on his \r\n\t\t\t20th Anniversary "Best \r\n\t\t\tof DiscDrive<\/a>" box set.<\/b><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n

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\r\n Paul\r\n Brodie, O.C., Canada's Ambassador of the Saxophone<\/em> has\r\n declared That's A\r\n Plenty!<\/font><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/font>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n is "beautifully\r\n performed and recorded music. The variety is excellent and very\r\n musically performed."<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/font>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n
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RCSQ2006<\/p>\r\n

5\/5 stars<\/b><\/p>\r\n

The Royal City SQ Extends Their Range<\/p>\r\n

I've been thrilled with previous releases by this Canadian\r\n saxophone quartet and have reviewed them ecstatically at Amazon.com<\/a>.\r\n But when I got this new self-released CD by the group recently I\r\n noticed immediately that the group has extended their range. Not only\r\n are there the expected ragtime and old-timey sax numbers (Kitten on\r\n the Keys, Dizzy Fingers, That's a Plenty), they venture into, till\r\n now, fairly foreign territory. We get some Celtic favorites (e.g.\r\n 'Danny Boy', Del Borgo's Irish Suite that includes 'Kerry Dance' and\r\n 'Irish Washerwoman') and, believe it or not, some neat arrangements of\r\n favorites by Bach (e.g. 'Air on the G String', the late Calvin\r\n Hampton's 'Fireworks Music' an original work inspired by various Bach\r\n contrapuntal works ), all done with the RCSQ's usual flair. We also\r\n get some jazz standards, like Thelonious Monk's classic 'Round\r\n Midnight' and 'Harlem Nocturne' by Earle Hagen (probably best known\r\n for composing the theme song to the 'Andy Griffith Show'), and pop\r\n standards like Jerome Kern's 'Smoke Gets in Your Eyes' and Harold\r\n Arlen's 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow.' And then there is Ary Barroso's\r\n 'Brazil' complete with jungle drums and birdsong. A rhythm section is\r\n added for several numbers, most notably Al Cobine's 'Blues\r\n Dance.'  Tasty. <\/p>\r\n

I found myself listening again and again to this winner and\r\n marveling at how the mix of styles and genres works. I loved the solo\r\n licks taken by each of the RCSQ's members -- 
\r\n Bradley Moggach (soprano, alto, and piano), Larry Moser (alto), Robert\r\n McWade (tenor), and Ernie Kalwa (baritone, tenor). 
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\r\n That's A Plenty! - <\/font><\/i><\/strong>The\r\n Royal\r\n City<\/st1:place>\r\n Saxophone Quartet\r\n <\/b>- <\/b>\r\n <\/span>December\r\n 30, 2006<\/b><\/o:p>\r\n <\/b><\/font>\r\n <\/span><\/p>\r\n

The RCSQ's latest CD, "That's A\r\n Plenty," showcases a wide variety of musical material, from Bach\r\n to William Krell's "Mississippi Rag," all impeccably played.\r\n The quartet's performance features tightly knit ensemble playing,\r\n flawless intonation, imaginative arrangements, and a lovely overall\r\n sound. Although the ensemble's baroque and ragtime selections are\r\n extremely well suited to the various voices of the saxophone, my\r\n favorite pieces are the jazzier ones, such as "Blues Dance,\r\n "Harlem Nocturne," and especially "Pick Yourself\r\n Up." I think that in jazz the saxophone found its true calling\r\n and that jazz matured only when the saxophone became its\r\n quintessential instrument. A match made in heaven. To hear the RCSQ's\r\n versions of this kind of music is a great and special pleasure, one to\r\n savor along with the numerous other pleasures of this fine disc.
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\r\n Dr. Bruce Vermazen
\r\n Author: That Moaning Saxophone<\/i>
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\r\n That's A Plenty! - <\/font><\/i><\/strong>The\r\n Royal\r\n City<\/st1:place>\r\n Saxophone Quartet\r\n <\/o:p>\r\n <\/span><\/b><\/p>\r\n

Since receiving the new release of the Royal City\r\n Saxophone Quartet a few days ago, I have already listened to it three\r\n times for the pleasure of it, and expect that I will again many more\r\n times over the years.  <\/span>The\r\n six performers, saxophonists Bradley Moggach, Larry Moser, Robert\r\n McWade and Ernie Kalwa, Jack McFadden on string bass, and\r\n percussionist Michael Wood are old friends, masters of their\r\n instruments, and wonderful musicians ' all of which comes through in\r\n their performance on this new disc.<\/p>\r\n

The quality of a saxophone quartet is like the\r\n taste and smell of rich dark chocolate: intense, sweet, perhaps\r\n erotic, and certainly addictive.  <\/span>Does\r\n this explain why the sound of a quartet of saxophones has become so\r\n popular in recent years?  <\/span>Whatever\r\n the reason, the pleasures of such a grouping are plainly to be heard\r\n on That's A Plenty<\/i>. \r\n <\/span>Almost every track is a much-hummed standard, and even those\r\n that are not sound as though they have always been around. \r\n <\/span>The whole disc, which moves from \r\n Dixie<\/st1:place>\r\n to rag to baroque to modern, is all delivered with a gentle blues\r\n touch which is appropriate for a group that specializes in Ragtime. \r\n <\/span>The tracks closer to the end of the CD add a welcome note of\r\n variety through the use of the string bass, percussion, and piano '\r\n here played by Bradley Moggach.  <\/span>This\r\n is a great addition to the growing discography of performances by\r\n musicians based in the K-W region.  <\/span>I\r\n recommend it highly. <\/o:p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n

Michael Purves-Smith
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\r\n <\/a>Kitchener-Waterloo<\/st1:City>, \r\n Ontario<\/st1:State>,\r\n <\/st1:place>\r\n Canada<\/st1:place>\r\n <\/st1:country-region>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n

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If \r\n\t\t\tsomeone were not familiar with the sounds and capabilities of a \r\n\t\t\tmodern saxophone quartet, this CD would be an excellent starter to \r\n\t\t\texplore the many voices of such an ensemble. From Dixieland to Irish \r\n\t\t\tfolk melodies, and from Bach to Thelonious Monk, this covers a broad \r\n\t\t\tspectrum of melodies and performance styles. The title track, \r\n\t\t\tThat's A Plenty<\/em>, starts things off with a rousing rendition of \r\n\t\t\tthis Dixieland classic. Driven along by the solid, clean no nonsense \r\n\t\t\tbass line of leader Ernie Kalwa, we are treated to two more numbers \r\n\t\t\tin a similar vein before being introduced to a wide range of more \r\n\t\t\tsoothing melodies. These range from Danny Boy<\/em>, and other \r\n\t\t\ttraditional Irish fare, through Over the Rainbow<\/em> on to \r\n\t\t\tBach's Air on the G String<\/em>. In the more modern jazz idiom \r\n\t\t\tthere is Thelonious Monk's Round Midnight<\/em> and the well \r\n\t\t\tknown Harlem Nocturne<\/em>. In this latter number, and a couple \r\n\t\t\tof others, the addition of a string bass and percussion provides the \r\n\t\t\textra drive required by these selections. One standout is the clever\r\n\t\t\tBach's Fireworks Music <\/em>(sic), composed in 1980 by Calvin \r\n\t\t\tHampton. This jazzy number has much of the exuberant motion that \r\n\t\t\tcharacterizes the Brandenburg Concerti<\/em>, but performed on \r\n\t\t\tinstruments not yet invented in Bach's day. Had Bach been living \r\n\t\t\ttoday, one could certainly imagine him writing something like this. \r\n\t\t\tAll in all this CD deserves a spot in the collection of anyone with \r\n\t\t\teclectic tastes.<\/span>
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\r\n\t\t\tReviewed by: Jack MacQuarrie (WholeNote<\/a> \r\n\t\t\tMagazine)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t

Review reprinted with \r\n\t\t\tpermission of the author from:
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\r\n Wow. The range of styles on this one is huge!\r\n <\/b>\r\n

The Bach is done as well as the San Francisco SQ does its\r\n baroque.  The ragtime, no surprise, is excellent.  Danny Boy\r\n has a fantastic full sound, and the Irish Suite is just plain fun. The\r\n big band\/jazz\/blues numbers are smooth and well done. The rhythm\r\n section is a nice add.<\/p>\r\n

Congrats to all!<\/p>\r\n

Terence Martin
\r\n Arranger
\r\n <\/i>Connecticut, USA<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n

\r\nThe Royal City Saxophone Quartet is the best I have ever run into!
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\r\nTheir\r\n newest "That's A Plenty" has just blown me away!  Such a combination of different styles and the talent and quality of\r\n this CD should make Canada proud.
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\r\nWhile I like their other three CD's and love listening to them, I can't\r\n stop listening to the new one!  It doesn't get boring.  I\r\n hear new little nuances every time I listen.  
\r\n It has to be the sequence of the songs.
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\r\nWhile my word about this CD probably holds no weight, it would\r\n be a shame if it wasn't nominated for the Juno Award.
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\r\nMultiple Cheers!\r\n

Earl Phares, USN (RET)
\r\n Saxophonist
\r\n <\/i>Ontario, California, USA<\/font><\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <\/table>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n

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