71 Dis rict Cha ps

NOVEMBER

1971

The Origi. al Cho · ce ...

Atlanta Bound --the Wolverine C oru

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To ~av si y tt- ~.$, an n ar i terl y, seems very inadequ - e a t~is lil!'.e.

Your response, en h1s i il!. , 11nd partidpa~ on in this Co nvention certa"nly was outstnn llng. Everyo~e o you s~oulc fee' ju~tif-ably pro d f yours~>lf for 'lla ·ino this C rw wha• i • was -- - a su cess-

p esprl corps ot all the cnr>tes ts and eVI!n guests wa~ re~lly an e c1tipg sig t to beh.ld. •ytf~r,e you have 16 :;uartets and lli choruses or 630 m n on stag compe lng, y £UY> mu~t be can9ratula d on .a job well done, for th Pfone"r Cis de is on tt1e inov •

Spea 1ng of the Chu r" u•· Comnet1t1on, 1 ~<as he bes t 1 have seen in a long, 1ong time, To see ~11 of t1e Choruses in act ion- ~W ­wh~ a 1-1111 and wtlut,e fllllt ic jot '"""'rycne of :~ou di d. ou a 11 dEserve thl' tit 1 e of ChumJli n.

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Wayne by R TE r:lLES

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Sat le cr~e~ takes t 1s cppor uni to introduce to t~e ione~r Distr1t t t wo ner1 Quartets~ The TP.AVEL-CHOiUlS ari d the CIRC.UI• BRE.A I:ERS. f r!'llti l e i t ri ~ , e TRAV CL- CI!OROS are UAAY HOEFUR, tenor, MfiY IIII P.fl MC 00 AtD, lead, JIM CRAMER, bass . 3nd 00 ii SWA/,, bar·i. The C'IRLUIT BREA.Y.ERS; AARQ, HElOI, bass, BOB DU: , an, LOWtll ~OLFC, l ead. and Y.I : ORTO,I. enor. T~ke a bow, fel as! 'ob IJe a dr.butante party is ir or~er?

One ag~1n this year, a~ in tte past, tne Bat le Creek C ao•er is proud to b able o h lp a Jeservino student wNo has c.,os~~ music as hi$ tare r. Sc olars ips he e been awarded throuQh .r 1oc~1 tommun1ty Collcg , ~ log!l C ni • wlle~e- Thls years dp-1en s are Joel E. Bea s~. Ponald B. Kelley, anc Rex ~ftmo C.on9 ~w1a ion' f. lr.''l men. (Rex is a barbers ppe al ady).

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~lso 1 would 1 ik~ o conora ula · ~ ~e OR!r.INAL C~OICE and e IIOLVERfliE C~ORUS for their area done. I'm stJre both 1111 be busy in th ~e L y~ar .

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he mF."tinn a1 so 1ncl ud d r1enc!s.

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la are also s~ap1na UP pr which will he condu

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Flint

Chorus Contest

Scoring Summary

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LOGOPEDICS

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and ese errors wil l be r-ec: Hied.

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Ka1tre 0' Bfl BUTlER hAd a world fa~us w.nu Pr€pared--TPE DETRDIT :-tn'OR CliY CHORUS, .. lif FOk·1UMF.. TELlERS. THE S.O.C. CHORUS, THE H~P.MJ Y ~1.rms. THE 51-!ARPI. lf''ITP.", THE GPIPfP.S: but 111 only ar>· petizers o the M~in cou~a of the eve!lfng --iRE GtNTLEIEN'S AGREE­to£.

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1971 International

Champions

c.,u;,eras elic~ed and 111h1rt"ed all even1n!l lor g. sad songs were su!JQ; glad son~s. funny songs; pra ;e, than~~ an~ admiration go all w~ap-ped u getlle,r, ond e ooe time or ana "r hert> wasn't a dl'1 e "' tn the entil"t' hall.

ILL E'-ITlEP .. •

10 .

0 CE PPODUCTI ON

by t HUFf

IJcice traininQ is develooinll musical atits, and the process is re p~yd logical h?.n ~hysiolB<i'cal. i is baSPd on ~,o funda­

men-ai pr'ntiples

(1) -he ri9ht idea of t~ne, and

(2) ~h r gr. condi ·on c• thE' cal ·n rull'f!n .

e riQht ide" of tor 1:' or tone concert is a thin!f o rar m·ea e !rnpor:ance tlan that ener~llv a tache!! o it. 1f each voice could produce bu one tone ouillity tile pro lem of forminct a correc~ tone concep- would ce pe~anen ly eli ioated. But such is not the case. T e auaz:1o thine about the hl~l"a" V"ice, e thinll which olaces. i· above a other musi~al ins r~ents i", "hat i can produce a var'e~v of one quality ran~ing f1·om he bes.· to ·ont. Furtller, it can produce a l arqe number o tone o 1 ies a l of which are onod for he expression of different mooQs. r.ere enters the difficulty; ~ v ic~ res~onds the idea controllina i·. -~;; idea is the t.as e of ~ ·no idual. \Jha~r sotisfies hls' ste is accepted as 1ioh~ ~i­~hough i may b~ far f.-om ! . ne's ear. w ic. is another name ~ar his~. sh '•'S ~ staoe Qf_ d~ nt in tha !)articular • ino.

ln form n9 a voice the coach (o~ dire't r) uodertokes o wa~e · pr -duce his c.once of a b~>au'iful ne. "n"-\'"T sa isfies his ear he ac.cep < as god. It is T"ioht her!! a ltDSt of th~> mishr!'S ar~ mad" in vo·ce raininq. A thorouohl re&i ed;; r is he ~O'ite coaches' mos> valuable asset.

That e members of tne human race be a le to connnunica te with eac tlt~e is a danenlal 3r.d nece5sary, and this ~~st be done tnrouoh the di m oi one of the senses. ~ · sen itiv~ness or the atmos­phere to vibraticn~ ma~es sc~nd the wG• natural and ~ffective n~dns a CO!!III1Jnic.ation, and tc. t~is end na ure E'Qui~oed man with a sound producing instrUmP.nt, the voice, and at the same time, a sound re­cei · o tns run~nt, the ear.

Tne voice 1s automatically oper~ 1ve ~~ he mPot 11f bil"t'", a~" throuq au life it enables cne ~o make n wn to othArs his exac· state"o: mind and frrlino by mea~s o~ a :recalled Wo Is. ~ wcr fs a sign which, by ur iversal d!lreen~nt represents an idea. t­w'll be no iced that we transfer ideas. The 111~diu11' is moteri>l, t-u the ching transferred is men al.

THE flflfh~c OF SPEECH

Words ~:onsist of two elements. vowels and consonants. Consonants are t e intellectual elements o spEtch, vowels are the ~m~tional elements. ~ere we find the orio1n of sinoina. The aim or sp~ch ·s t e press definite idea•. Theref re, in soea~ing, t~e vowels are pass~a over rapidly and the canso ants are made distinc . Wen e 's to convey not only he 'dea but its accompanyin~ e -ion -he orde is reversed. The vowels are ~rolnnged and ne con­

sonants shortened. When this is d n.- ace rdino tr, rhv hmic and meiod c la\oiS he result 1s sinaina.. ·noino '$ erefcore ~more c pe- 1 'no fonn of utt ranee han <p<>a ino i tha it combines the intellectual and emotional elemer~:s a~ language.

s·ng·ng ·san art and i s ai~. l'~p e press

perpe ua ed, that whith charac~r ~uilding.

THE VOCK FOLDS (COPJIS)

arts should be

i• a factor in

W'nen a1r from he lun~s is moved be~we-~n ~·<'n 1y dNWn vocal ld• by t e diaphragm and abdominal muscle;, t e vocal fold$ are e ti in:o rapid mo ion. This vibrati pr duces a rather soft UnDleas n~ bu •1n9 sound that caul d aui :e aptly be ·e ed noise. Th1.s raw s u d is no· s ·cal 1 n nature because t~e bands and the membrane connected ·o ·hem ibr·a e in seqments as we' •s ·n over-all len<~th, si"'ul• c· Qusly. •

Tfl£ R£S ATORS

Th sound waves after ·eav·ng t e vocal folds pa,ss out throuoh -~ Dhar)~•. mouth and nasal ca\i tes. Here they are converted ffi .oice: that is, into owels and ~one oualities. Le i be r~~b~red hat we are speal·ing ere of s und waves. nat of b1·ea h. :. c"anoe

ir. .e fonn of tne pri arJ res a ors ( he pharynx, mouth ar.d n,;-al rea) chapges the quijJi y and c lor of the tone.

T : re~onators are p<~r-s o' -h.o •.oice ~ppara us that detemin~s t e distinctive sounds of our ·ndlvidual voices.

By d .. Yo>lnpino thP quali y f •he tone colo!" (through prop!!r use cf he resonators) of ~ach indi¥'dua1 voic" and by instructino ~h e

'ndi-.iduals in the ar o proper d'ction and a1l lhis execu ed w· h e utmos concern foro od basic voice auality, it wi 1 ~e lnterest­

'no to discover tha ~e blend : ~ ur or f tty voices will be na-urally SOIInde-r. --

HESI'GIG o~;E

Voice cultu•·e pt·opedy be9i ns · ~h ;: e devel oomen t of 'Jle ~ inoi no one. J s aim is to provide the sin~er witn the best possible instu­

men throuoh which to express h1or.self. The sinoino tone is ful , steady, round, rich. resonant, and sy~oathetic . How o develo it is a problem to which a larlle and grO'riing number of people are oivina he ~st ser1ous attention. lnis nas resulted in a considera le num­er and variety of methods · ich jn •hemselves are responsic e ro r,e general belief ha •alee rainina is a difficu1 and uncertain

underta~ing.

However, training the voice ·s neither difficult nor uncertain "en t e nature of the probl~ and "ts as·c principles are u~derstoo~.

Firs , it must be stressed use ·s sin~ing voice more nev~r hele,s, do his u s (good quality) tha is Pll

a AVen houoh an individual mav no han once or wice a wee~. he should,

develop it for beauty of tone supp rt~d.

For ,years BarbershtJppers lta~e be~n conten o sino like sounds: (1.mrds) on harmonica11y pleasing p1-.;ches and hothin~ more. Our maio• concern wa-s hat • e ie<d. ecause ~e carries the "1!lody rMS of ~e ime, shm~ld possess and exhibi p~:>od voit:e ouallty a a 1

irr.es.

1· our ;ty1e of music ·s to pr _rAss, and if our ouar ets and choruse are •o improve, good voice ou~ 1 y must bP stre~sed in all voices. The days of throaty 00'-PA~-P H asses, wea~. off key ari ones, and s u a~y t!'n r<- is qone for"~"r:

FALSE 0 tt YTY

There is a tendency by some coaches to manufacture false or unna tur.al sounds in kei r oua~tet personnel in order to act1ieve a certain O'.erall vocal effect or presen ation. Bear in mind. the Vt'ice becomes limited when these un­natural souo&s are produced. for instance, if a lead s'noer possessino a baritone oe oT voice auality, is encouraaed a roduc" a more tre le or eno1-1T~e alfillity, he rost

often is as;ed to resort a s rident, thin and unoleasan voice quality. The ice hen becomes limited ·n ranoe and quality, and ve~ f e s subjected to se~ere hroa 4 s rain causin9 fa igue, h ars~n~;s and s metim~s a loss oi o1ce.

R01. THE I ~lSTRlJMENT

It is o- SliPn!IT'" irnpa nee hat in the beoinniM a · voice Lraininq, sinners be made to understand that an ana ical nowlpdge of thF i '" s a 1· 1e practical value in learn -

ing to sin~. SinafnQ is earn·na tl!l olay u~on the vocal ·n­s rument rather than studv of j-s construction and the more uncOP.scious one is o: his hfoa t the hetter he is ikely o sing. Tn~ vocal cords resnond automaticallv e

thought of oitch. and e ·erythina else invo1ved in sino no should respond i~ • e same way.

(CONTIIMD IE T :U"

{rd. rlote: This ·s us des'qned to elo yo and to improve our vo c~s, o~r m~ny ntner areas ·nat ill

he irst in a s-eries o ar 'cles b~come better sinoers · -~ rls ef sin~ina, a~d

bene ·teach of us.)

Septemcer ZO, 1971

Mr. Duane H. ~sier SP£BSOSA 1619i 4arlcw s~~ C'etroi t, 1-'i chi san 4!lZJ5

Oear Mr. ·los i er:

Thant you fOr your letter of Seot~~Pr '5 1~7 • You mav nave our penzission to reprint the chapter en:it'e~: SPEssnsA Preser1es ' Tradition from oaoes 16.3 to 168 frOf" !j,e rook, DEAC (C.T.} J-!ARTlN'S BOO OF HUSlCAl AMERICANA by Oeac (r ~ ~~rtin. it is understood that this material is to be 1Hilize on · as foll(lws; one tiTTle in your oublication entitled /POU~~DOR- in- ree 1nsrallments.

Please credit author, book and Prentice-~<.>11, !nr.. on all r·eoroduced material. Than~ you for .v UT interest.

Si nee rely,

~:rs. q 1 ~e11 Abrahamsen SuhSc i ai ar.)' "i~h ts Departm~>nt. ~si;;um· to Subsidi~ry Rioh s !l"irector

~IS PE 'S5ION COVERS ONLY MATEPTAL (l?!GII.AL I{ITH OUR AUTH(IRS.

SPEBSQSA Preserves a Tradition'

Here T shall enlarge occasionally uron bits of ~ersc~~llv re-ord­ecr history of the ten years that followed ~e burstino of that l!ll.ISlCcl bomb ov!'r Tulsa. When ! wrote EEP WEiHCA SINGlNf. ( Sll-8) as an "Yewitness of the phenomena that fo11(!\oled, it was as a comrrentotor twenty years closer to the e P osion than nn~.

On ,Apr·l 17. 1938, the Tulsa Sunday Tribune a::ed in a hea1line-, "Barber Shop Hamon~· a Thing of the Pa!"t?" i ~ answered it· own question by addin!J in a subl1'"ad: "S.P.P.B.S.O.S.U.S. is Formed to 0 reserve i;. At f1rst loo~. tha m1ght indicate the scra~li o o~ the sy.robo s. SPEBSOSA. whi til today r;;Ean "lhose ousrtets - -1 lo:e ·~m" tn mi1lion5 hrou!lhout the s~~tes and Canada who've heard :rem in pU(;l1c contl"rls. B~Jt irginia Burell's story dis­proves any mi up of the letters. She wrote: The Society for the Propa\)ation of Barbar Sho!l Quar•e-t inl.'ino in the United sates-- Yes, sir. thal's wha~ ·hey cal ~t.• Then sne told now thl! nucleus nad fomed when the t·eils of two Tulsa ~cq­uaintances, a> attorney Owen C. Cas·'; and 1n~estment e ecutive Ruper~ I. Hall's, crossed by chanc= a: ·ne llo-el l~ue1bach in ~.ans-s (i y. Missouri. (li plooue in the ho-.el lobby now co•m~>m­rra:es tat ~eting,)

ihei a.:quain ifnceoship 1Fd from tra•telers' aH about rrofltter~ bac h i!E to more personal int~rests. usit was oM ~f hPm. Each ~aund that •ne other liked tte ~ird of sonas favnred bv men when ~aur yearners able to sing f ur parts goc to~ether undPr condi•ions fanrable to harmonirino. Such occosions were as rare in 1ulsa as hroughout thP nabon. and they were 9ro~·fno rarer as radio promoled listeninq "nstead of participation. Cash's personal reccll~ctions add color to the TRIBUNE'S ac-count o"" e rr.eeting of the to.•o !Iarmon· -hunQry Tulsans. "T ran ·n ~uper Hall. whom T knew slightly. l was lonesome that n·-ght and 1 asked if he could sing tenor. He said "1 suppose I'm thebes: barbershop tenor in the l~ited Sta es". I tried him out on r f'<>d i1 Or10am, Dea1·11 and he stay!'d on pitch . The results ~~ere s satisfyinq that hey ca11ve:s;ed t~e lobby for a lead and a oass. • e plc~ed up a couple and wen~ to Rupe's room and developed a fai rl,1 good qua,•tet."

The • a·~ed 1a e inlo the nigh!. abou· C~sr.'s dream of oroaniz-ing a b~rnershop-quartet club as he ha~ discus•ec it with other Tul~ans with whom he sang bari ~ne ir.~reeuently. Hall promised to call C:sh at the first oppor•uni y "and qe:; this thin!l storted." He arranged 'or a meetin~ at the Tulsa Club. Cash drafted the in­Vi!:a-;ior.. dated Ap.-i1 8, 1938, o known • eline addict>: "In th s aue cf Dictators and GovernMent con rol Q e ·ervthiM, al:ou ""e only orivi~egE ~uarenteed byte 8111 of P.i!J~ts. nat in some way l>UP<' ised or direct,.d, i~ -t-1-e or of Barber Shop Sin~ina. W 011t doub WE s ill ha¥e the r·q~- cf 'peaceat>le asset!lbly'

OEPC 1 TELLS IT AS 11 WAS.

District Historian. DUI-.NE H. SIEP has so:cured r·ermission from Pr'Eiltice-Hall lnr.. to p•Jblish a chant<>r f he late "Deac" ,'ar::in's 11'.!1! !'n>ie(e, "l~usical ~wt>ricana". It is the first- ch~ott>r a· PH 3 deal inn witt the birth of s:.Ea ~s • I is d"liohtful rNdirw an· gi~ an· intimate >.nd humorous pic~ur~ of the probl~ms confrontPd bv 0. C. Cash and his ass~ria~P. Puper~ H~ll in 9~ttin? th~ SociP on the road.

!rticles t:; '" hPen pubHshP.d ln die lroutradour det'ic:tino ful"'l'ation high1.oh s, hut "Oeac" gfves us tile details i~ incidents that hap­pened as only he could do, based UPVn his earl~ ~mbership and ac­ouaintance with the persons w o made the wheels tur~. !-!is book is ~~>ethino ev~>ry barbershopper shouid O'o'n. You would love readinn

'"· ~ne lro1;badour 1s ~lad to pu'"hsh - -e story in installmen form and hopes the mewbers will '"o 1 Ow each secrment with profit and inu..-es t.

Appreciation and thanks ao to tt.e oublishers of the beautiful IOlUIJ'E.

Cred' t is e1.pressed in he fullc:nina:

Cred't line: frOr;. e bonr, DCAC (r. T.) MAI!Oli,'S' BOOK C1F I-IUS I CAL .d.foiEP.!G6!'A by Oeac lC.l.) Martin. 1970 b [)ieac r. T. l"artin. R!!printed wi peJ1!1issicn of the publisner, Prentice-Han, Inc., Enqlewood Cliffs, r:.J.

which, l am ~dvfsP.d by c.omoe fn"- lecml authority, includes auartet singing. The wr1ters hove for a long ti~e thought that sometning should be donP to encourage the en·oymen o• this last remaininp ve,~ige of human liberty. Th~refore, we haVP de~idPd to hold a s ngfesi. or :hP. ~oof !larden of the -u1sa Club on Monday, ll?ril 11, a: sil<-thirt:,· ~.!"." The inv·ca ior. con inued fn that lioht ein. "We ~oill have a private room ana so w'll not be embarrassed by the curiosity of the vulgar· publ'c. You may bring d fellow sin(:ler, if you d"sire." It ~~a~ sioned "!lam.oniously _yours, TllE SOCIETY FUR TH£ PP.ESERV.AT!ON AN!i PROPJI.GATIOI. OF aJl~SER SHOP QU/lRTfT ST'IGTNG ! lllE r lTEO STATES P.u~~rt Hall. ~yal r.eeper of the Minor; eys, Braniff .nv.,stn:n Co.-O.C.Cash, Ttl rd Ass' . Temporary Vice-Chairman, St-onolind Com11anies."

They coul~ +hjnk of ~nly abou- a doze~ who mtght be intertSted. M:tuall • fourteen recefved the ·n itation and twenty-f1Ye men ~urned out for that firs;; mt>e fn(l. COntinu1no Cash's narr<~tion,

?.uoe Hall got there first. Oonn·, O'Donovan nf 0 tation Kl!OO, Elmer Lawter of the Tulsa Paper Co. and I wei"P ne~t." The thret" ~ere standing 'round w~rn S.M. (Pt..r;y) Blevens, well over six feet. ar-dved ilnd ~sked, ''What are l'te waitina for?" Blevens sana lead, O'Oonov· tenor, Ca~h ~ari, an~ Law)er bass. The first son9 sono unaer societ: auspices was ''!J.,wn "ob'le," an oldte even then in 1938.

llo one- tool: time to eat much a-t that rrof!tintl. !!all, •1ho has iVEd to •ee his local singing cub n- to inte .. i,atiMal ~rt'll'lrlr •ons, says: "After an hour or so of ciltt:h·as-catch-can siMin<t, SO!I!<?on~: su9gested tile organization of a permanent club. Someone else as~ed 'W11en do ~o~e 111eet a11ain?' Ar. enthusiast vel led "Tomor-ro>l nion-t::'" Act~ally, they delayed the !\ext meetina unti 1 the follo•tino" wee • As the word got about, mare :han sevent harmony-hun~ry ~~n caroe to ~ha- s~ond one.

!t didn't occur to anyone, while roakina up for time lost in the lean years. that they were also ll'.cl·:1ng ne>IS. Btlt, as reports we.re n;layal ff"OI!! one singer to another, cnain reaction; set in. Han """inisces:

"Owen Cash, who origimrted the ide-a of the singing club, and I were llSY ans1 ering 1phorte calls and letten and Visiting~~ ith those who

~•an'; been at eit~Pr mee~ng bu~ wer~ practically c~ing o meet fn nannony."

t>e third nree1.1ng was the one at really startetl the rust to the O'ero ee Strip, 'St' called when in 1 893 for the second tfrne the o -Emlff1l: t opened Indian Territory lands to s~ tl ers in 1 and "n~shes• which ere races frotr' <! s artinq point. (Those v1ho Teacned a d~:sired p1ece of land first ~o~ere entl:;led to ''stare~ o1ail1'" on it.

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Bestdes Bob, there W<l" Dave Wlu , and many l p quart

r l1k young Greg L:yn~ -he I

omb ined their talents to produ c ch ros, about eight quartets, 's Agrr. ment; - e tim after

·······························-~ FOLLOWING

THE 1971

the CHAMPS Original

Choice of 1\e llQJGINAJ. CHOICE u d 1 e • than· h~ members ~ gre l st "Chap r I he world, I e PfONEEP. OISTRTCT, or

their support •1nd oo d wls"es. -an s a million to Dick and ry Huqh of hP F11nt 01ap er who ~a~e on~ned their home In Grand

lane o (lUr p1·~ct1c sessl so that we could n et hal WCIV.

On Oc: ber 23. Wi! sino n an .o~ntD r , LE ~ si g.

bob- bud-

songs. We ask 11 o~ ou te ready s•no h

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RAINING /~ 0

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NOV.14, 1971 I ~ I ,,AJt,l.&t·- .• \ ....

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ntemltional Board 'e President Execu-; e V.P. V.P . Zone 1 V.P . Zone 2 V. P. Zone 3 V. P. Zone 4 V.P . Zone 5 Treasurer Secretary

er -LL!

- 0 FU - T POLLARD - RICHARD SIMPSON - DEL DOCTOR - MAX CARTER - NOEL (BUD) CARPENTER - ROBERT DRABIK - JOH T. GI LLESPIE

Keep America Singing

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