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U K I A H S Y M P H O N Y 2 0 1 5 - 2 0 1 6
Board of Directors
Board Members
Message from the Music Director and Board President:
Thank you for joining us as we celebrate 36 years of bringing cultural enrichment and beautiful orchestral music to our community. Music transcends time, and compositions written years ago can evolve into classics—hence this season’s theme, “Timeless.”
This concert season also marks Les Pfutzenreuter’s 26th year as the Conductor and Music Director and Margie Salcedo Rice’s 31st year with the orchestra. The majority of our orchestra musicians have played in the symphony for more than a decade.
Our newest audience members may not be aware that the Ukiah Symphony Association depends on sponsors, donors, and advertisers to help bridge the gap between ticket sales and our expenses, which average $10,000-$18,000 per concert. We appreciate their making it possible for us to celebrate our 36th anniversary.
If you have not already done so, please consider a donation, sponsorship or endowment that will allow us to keep on providing symphonic music for anniversaries to come.
Please sit back and enjoy the season that we have planned for you!
Jean Craig, Secretary & Corresponding Secretary Brenda Hoek, Ticket Manager Ken Hoek, TreasurerLes Pfutzenreuter, Music DirectorJean Stirling, President
Lee AdamsRobert AxtJoel CohenSharon GuntherMilli HickeyGeorge Husaruk
Les PfutzenreuterConductor & Music Director
Jean StirlingBoard President
Les Pfutzenreuter Jean Stirling
Graphic Design by
Christine Mullis, Owner
Photos provided by Jendi Coursey, Indigo Studios and Nathan DeHart Photography
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CONDUCTOR ($1,000 or above)AnonymousJean and Rich CraigDr. Larry Falk & Margaret ArnerPhyllis Curtis, “In Memory of Hugh Curtis”Robert & Donna FrassinelloKay & Monte HillCharles B. & Wanda MannonMendo Lake Credit UnionPacific Redwood Medical Group: PRMG 365Realty World/Selzer RealtySavings Bank of Mendocino CountyJean Stirling, “In Memory of Esther Stirling”Ukiah Valley Medical Center
CONCERTMASTER ($400-$999)Robert AxtDr. Stephen PasternakGladys & Jon Telschow
PRINCIPAL CHAIR ($200-$399)Diana & Channing CornellChristine DillJan HoymanJanet KingDarca Nicholson & Jonathan MiddlebrookMarta Restrepo & Joseph NemethCorinne & Ernest OlsonEdwin & Joan PhillipsNorman Rosen & Karen Piretti RosenJudy SkeltonDr. Robert Werra
SECTION PLAYER (Up to $199)AnonymousPatricia & David CrewMelbourne LockeyVictor & Jody MartinezHilde MuellerAnn & Keith TiemannDr. Marvin TrotterDuane Wells & Milli HickeyHarold WestonTonia & John Widler
GIFTS-IN-KIND ($1,000 or above)Comfort InnBroadcasting Co. of Mendocino County: KWINE, MAX ROCKMendocino Wine Company & Parducci Wine CellarsNelson Family VineyardsLes PfutzenreuterJean Stirling
UP TO $999Arts Council of Mendocino CountyBest Western Orchard InnCity of Ukiah Fire DepartmentRosie Salcedo ConcepcionJean and Rich CraigJoe Defatte of Defatte Equipment, Inc.Holly FaganThomas GanoungMilli HickeyBrenda & Ken HoekHoly Trinity Church: Jim Chapman, Diana Clarke, and Marston GilletteJan Hoyman StudioMail Center, Etc., CloverdaleAmy McHenryMendocino Book CompanyMendocino College Soccer ClubMendocino Public Broadcasting KZYXnZMendo Lake Credit UnionNear & Arnold’s School of Performing Arts & Cultural EducationPacific InternetAmy PattonRealty World/Selzer RealtyMargie Salcedo RiceKaren RifkinSchat’s Bakery & CafeStarbucks (Airport Park)Tallman HotelJon TelschowThompson’s Party RentalsUkiah Junior AcademyUkiah Symphony Orchestra musiciansRoberta WerdingerWestside Renaissance MarketPatricia Salcedo WilliamsWine Country Golf Cars
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92.5 KDFC Classical Radio94.5 KWINE and 93.5 MAX ROCK RadioAC&R Service Heating & Cooling, Inc.Allegro Scholarship ProgramLee S. Adams, Attorney-at-LawArts Council of Mendocino CountyRobert Axt, ArchitectBarra of Mendocino & Girasole VineyardsJoel Cohen, CellistCommunity Foundation of Mendocino CountyMark Davis Insurance Agency, Inc.Defatte Equipment RentalEversole MortuaryThomas R. Ganoung, PianistScott Gherini, M.D., Orthopaedic SurgeryFrances Harriman, MA LMFTHeadlines Hair Design – Eloisa GonzalesHeidi’s Yarn HavenJan Hoyman StudioMendocino BalletMendocino Book CompanyMendocino Community Health Clinic, Inc.Mendo Lake Credit UnionMighty Fine GraphicsMountain View Assisted Living & Memory CareNear & Arnold’s School of Performing Arts & Cultural Education
Nelson Family VineyardsGary Nix, Realty World/Selzer RealtyPRMG 365Pacific InternetPrice WatermanRainforest FantasyRealty World/Selzer RealtyMargie Salcedo Rice, Violin InstructionPamela L. Rones, Certified Public AccountantSavings Bank of Mendocino CountySchat’s Bakery & CaféStan’s Maple CafeState Farm – Lisa Epstein & Studio West – Lorie CappsThompson’s Party RentalsUkiah Community ConcertsUkiah Daily JournalUkiah Garden CaféUkiah Valley Medical CenterUpper Lake MercantileRoberta WerdingerWestside Renaissance MarketD. William JewelersWine Country Golf CarsWine Country Real Estate Network – Frances Owen & Anne Chase
THANK YOU, ADVERTISERS! Please visit their businesses and utilize their services.
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO PROVIDED MUSICIANS HOUSINGDr. Larry Falk & Dr. Margaret ArnerComfort InnAlex & Alison De GrassiKatie GibbsBill WallsIlene Weeks
Elicia AndresSamantha BurkeyCherie CostelloStephanie HeathRoxanne MartinezLucy MasonDon and Linda McCallumDebra McLear-Dearie
Mary MisseldineRobert RankinMargo SelleckDawn SenftenMarilyn SimpsonStephanie StevensJohn & Patti WalczykowskiTonia Widler
VOLUNTEER USHERS
VOLUNTEER USHER COORDINATOR: Marilyn Simpson
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LES PFUTZENREUTER, Music Director
MARGIE SALCEDO RICE, Assistant Conductor & Concertmaster
This year marks the 26th season that Les Pfutzenreuter has served as Music Director of the Ukiah Symphony. He has been Professor of Music at Mendocino College for the last 30 years. He leads the Masterworks Chorale, Ukiah Symphony and the Symphonic Band. He teaches Music History, Music Appreciation and coordinates the performance course sections. Pfutzenreuter is Music Director of the Philharmonia Healdsburg. He has appeared with the Mendocino Music Festival Chamber Orchestra, Raven Players in Healdsburg, Holy Names Orchestra in Oakland, Opera Fresca, Symphony of the Redwoods Pops and Children’s Concerts, Ukiah Civic Light Opera, Ukiah Players, Chico City Opera, and Santa Rosa Players.
Pfutzenreuter holds a Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Northern Colorado where he studied with Dr. Howard Skinner, Music Director of the Greeley Philharmonic and Dean of the College of Performing Arts, and Eugene Corporon, now Director of Wind Activities at the University of Northern Texas. However, his musical training and philosophy is owed to his mentor, Professor John Colson, former Director of Orchestra and Brass Activities at South Dakota State University. There, Pfutzenreuter received his undergraduate education and was Musical Director for Prairie Repertory Theatre for six years.
In addition to conducting, Pfutzenreuter is a French horn player and vocalist, having performed in orchestras and on the stage.
Concertmaster and Assistant Conductor of the Ukiah Symphony, Margie is beginning her 31st season with the Ukiah Symphony. She began violin lessons at age 7 and later studied with Claire Hodgkins, former assistant to world-renowned violinist, Jascha Heifetz. She has played with the Riverside Symphony, Santa Rosa Symphony, Guayaquil Symphony, and later became Concertmaster of the Loma Linda University Orchestra where she received her degrees in Business Administration and Music, graduating magna cum laude.
In 2008 she performed the Mozart Symphony Concertante with Keith Lawrence, violist. Her past musical accomplishments have included performances as featured soloist of the Bruch Violin Concerto and Mozart G Major Concerto. In 2005, she and her students debuted at Carnegie Hall and in 2006 at Kennedy Center. Margie has been teaching violin for more than 30 years and currently conducts the Ukiah Junior Academy Orchestra, K-6 Choirs and Ukiah Junior Academy Chorale. She has served as Choral Director and Minister of Music for
the Seventh-Day Adventist Church conducting the annual “Christmas Cantata—The Glory of Christmas,” now in its 21st season.
In addition to playing the violin, Margie is an accomplished vocalist. She was a featured soloist in “Broadway Under the Stars” in 2011. She has appeared as “Beauty” in the Ukiah Symphony’s production of Beauty and the Beast and “Broadway Under the Stars” with Jarrod McNaughton. She completed her third album, “In Your Holiness,” released in April of 2010 and has two albums, “Carry Me On” and “By My Side” with the Salcedo Sisters. She is featured regularly on Three Angels Broadcasting Television Network and performs Christian Contemporary concerts across the country.
Margie resides in Ukiah with her husband, Dr. Geoffrey Rice, Ophthalmologist. She has three musical daughters, Jessica (violinist), Patricia (violinist) and Elizabeth (cellist).
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FIRST VIOLINSMargie Rice: Assistant Conductor & ConcertmasterAdrienne CascoLisa DoyleTammie DyerFara ElizaldeCandace EnglishAlejandro GraciaMary JerlandJohn KonigsmarkMarcia LotterFelicia McFallDennie MehocichPam OtsukaCecelia PierottiSienna S’ZellLinda WelterDanielle Zotter
SECOND VIOLINSJeff Ives: PrincipalMargaret ArnerMary EnglandCathy FiniganHolly FaganYvonne KramerDan KristiansonPam OtsukoAmy McHenryBob Williams
VIOLASPaula Mulligan: PrincipalMarion CrombieEmily DoyleJane KellyLinda MarksRon StraussTrenton Williams
CELLOClovice Lewis: PrincipalBetsy BruneauJean CraigSally HernandezDarin SmithVicki Sutton
BASSLarry Ames: Principal
Debbie MarksKaren Zimmerman
FLUTESCathy Hall: Principal
Leslie LindAnnika Lund
Laura SnodgrassGail Edwards
Tyra Gilb
OBOESBeth Aiken: Principal
Paul McCandlessGinny RyderChris KriveChris Wirick
CLARINETSLuiz Coelho: Principal
David ScollinNick BiondoKen Ward
Eric Van Dyke
SAXOPHONESSunny CordellSteve Logeteta
Paul McCandless
BASSOONSAnn Hubbard: Principal
Beverly McChesneyMaryann Sacksteder
HORNSBruce Blaikie
John LounsberyRandy Masselink
Bob SatterfordMike Thompson
TRUMPETSGary Miller: Principal
Tom WoodvilleDan Gianola-Norris
Dave Lindgren
TROMBONESJeff Barnard: Principal
Bill WelshDoug Bates
Brendan JamesTom Phillips
TUBA
Jacob Turner
TIMPANISean Chiles
Jered Sherrill
PERCUSSIONTess Albin-Smith
Sean ChilesEric Ehrenpfort
Tim GahaganJered Sherrill
Jennifer SmartScott Wise
KEYBOARDTom Aiken
Denise BecklerElizabeth MacDougall
HARPJessica Schaeffer
Anna Maria Mendietta
Equipment ManagerJulian Sterling
Music LibrarianAmy McHenry
Personnel ManagerJoel Cohen
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Leonore Overture No. 1, Opus 138 – Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)The Ruins of Athens Overture, Opus 113 – Ludwig van Beethoven
King Stephen Overture, Opus 117 – Ludwig van Beethoven
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Violin Concerto No. 1 in g minor, Opus 26 – Max Bruch (1838-1920)1. Vorspiel: Allegro Moderato • 2. Adagio • 3. Finale: Allegro energico
SPONSORSPRMG 365 Clinic & “In Memory of Dr. Hugh Curtis”
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PHILIP SANTOSPhilip Santos has performed extensively in many capacities throughout the Bay Area and across the country. He has been a member of the Berkeley Symphony, Oakland Symphony, Monterey County Symphony and the San Francisco Symphony. He has also played with the Chicago Symphony, and as a member of the Skywalker Symphony has recorded soundtracks for numerous films such as Hell Boy, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, Mimic, Jennifer Eight, Inspector Gadget and Cop and a Half, to name a few, plus soundtracks for video games such as the The Simpsons, and Star Wars.
Mr. Santos has performed on numerous Grammy Award winning recordings including the filmed concert collaboration with Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony. He performed as Concertmaster for Frank Sinatra and Chuck Mangione, as well as Concertmaster for a concert playing music of the Grateful Dead with Bob Weir and the Marin Symphony. Mr. Santos has appeared with other legendary artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, Smokey Robinson Johnny Mathis, Dizzy Gillespie, Nathan Milstein, Mstislav Rostropovich, Itzhak Perlman, Anne Sophie Mutter, Andre Watts and Luciano Pavarotti, among many others.
Mr. Santos is Concertmaster of the Fremont Symphony and Philharmonia Healdsburg, Assistant Concertmaster of the Marin Symphony, and Principal Second Violin of the California Symphony. He has performed as soloist
with many orchestras, including the Fremont Symphony, Philharmonia Healdsburg and the Berkeley Symphony with Kent Nagano.
Mr. Santos was introduced to the violin in the Oakland public schools and later returned to do in-school programs with renowned cartoonist, Morrie Turner. He is a frequent performer on numerous chamber series, including Composers Inc., Old First Church Concerts, Music on the Hill, Chamber Music Sundaes, San Francisco Symphony’s chamber music series, Sierra Chamber Society, Pleasanton Chamber Players as well as Carnegie Recital Hall in New York.
In addition to his performance schedule, Mr. Santos teaches violin
and viola and directs the String Ensemble at California State University East Bay. His additional teaching activities include private students throughout the Bay Area.
Mr. Santos is married and resides in Oakland. He supports three dogs and too many cats.
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Pacific Redwood Medical Group (PRMG) has been caring for our community for decades at Ukiah Valley Medical Center, both in the hospital and ER, giving ex-cellent care to those in need. Now PRMG has opened a new primary care Patient Centered Medical Home to serve our community called PRMG 365. PRMG 365 is delighted to announce that our physicians are accepting new pa-tients into their membership practices: Noemi “Mimi” Doohan MD PhD, board certified family physician Barry Sheppard MD, board certified family physician Marvin Trotter MD, board certified in internal medicine. Lisa McCurley, NP is an experienced clinician who is available for same day
appointments. Annual physicals are one hour with 30 minute follow up appointments. Readily available, unhurried care in a comfortable private office setting. Our physicians are available to the practice 24/7 on call 365 days per year. Please call us at 468-8944 and we will gladly provide you with details regarding becoming a patient member of PRMG 365 at 242A Hospital Drive. Annual mem-bership fee is a maximum of $600 and is not reimbursable by health insurance.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU JOINING US
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Swan Lake SuitePeter Ilich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)1. Scene2. Valse3. Danse des Cygnes4. Pas d’Action5. Czaras – Danse Hongroise6. Danse Espagnole7. Danse Napolitaine8. Mazurka9. Scene et Finale
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Piano Concerto No. 2 in c minor, Opus 18 – Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)1. Moderato2. Adagio sostenuto 3. Allegro scherzando
SPONSORS Realty World/Selzer RealtySavings Bank of Mendocino County“In Memory of Esther Stirling”
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FRANK WIENSFrank Wiens is a concert pianist who makes his home in Stockton, California. He has toured the United States annually in recital and with orchestra since 1974.
Mr. Wiens gave his New York debut at Carnegie Recital Hall in 1984. His London recital debut took place in May of 1986. He made his European continental debut in Vienna, Austria in May of 1987 at the Brahmssaal of the Musikverein. Other international performances have included a concert tour of the Soviet Union, two such tours of South Korea, and engagements in Romania and Poland.
Frank Wiens won first prize in the North American Young Artists Competition and the Southwest Pianists Foundation Competition. He has performed as soloist with the Atlanta, Denver and Detroit Symphonies, and has been a touring artist with the Iowa Arts Council and the California Arts Council.
In the 1990-91 season Mr. Wiens returned to New York with an all-Prokofieff recital in celebration of the 100th anniversary of that composer’s birth. Mr. Wiens was invited to tour the Soviet Union in April of 1991 in numerous solo and orchestral engagements as part of the celebrations of the centennial in the composer’s native land. In addition he was featured in a lecture-recital on the Prokofieff piano sonatas at the national convention of the Music Teachers National Association in Miami. He closed the season with this lecture-recital at the Gina Bachauer International Competition and Festival in Salt Lake City, where he served as a member of the international jury for the competition.
In the fall of 1994 Mr. Wiens travelled to Bratislava, Slovakia, to record a compact disc including the Rachmaninoff Third Concerto with the Slovakia National Orchestra and the Rachmaninoff Sonata No.
1. The CD was released internationally in 1995 on the Fanfare-Intersound label.
Late in 2006, Frank Wiens appeared as soloist with the Orchestra “Dinu Lipatti” in Romania, and gave a pair of recitals devoted to the music of Chopin at the Chopin Academy and at the Lazienki Palace on Water in Warsaw, Poland.
A native of New Haven, Connecticut, Frank Wiens received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in music from the University of Michigan, where he was awarded the Stanley Medal, that school’s highest award for musical
excellence. He has taught at Drake University and, since 1976, at the University of the Pacific, where he holds the position of Professor of Piano.
In 1997 he was honored with the University of the Pacific’s Distinguished Faculty Award, and in 2000 with the university’s Faculty Research-Lecturer Award. In 2009 he was the recipient of the Stockton Arts Commission’s award for Outstanding Achievement in Music.
Mr. Wiens lives in Stockton with his wife, mezzo-soprano Lynelle Frankforter Wiens. In his spare time he enjoys playing golf and trying his hand at gourmet cooking.
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Two Elegiac Melodies, Opus 34by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)1. Heartswounds2. Last Spring
Quiet City – Aaron Copland (1900-1990)Beth Aiken, English Horn – Gary Miller, Trumpet
Clarinet Concerto – Aaron Copland
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Tender Land Suite – Aaron CoplandArranged by Murry Sidlin, 19961. Introduction2. Laurie’s Aria3. Love Duet4. Stomp Your Foot5. Daybreak Will Come6. Hire a Stranger7. Promise of Living
SPONSORSUkiah Valley Medical Center, Rich and Jean Craig & Monte and Kay Hill
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LUIZ COELHO
Luiz Coelho was born in Tatui, Sao Paulo, Brazil. He comes from a musical family, and his father was the dean of the city’s music conservatory. All three of his brothers are professional musicians in the United States. He began his musical studies at the age of six playing the recorder, and when he was eight he started on the clarinet.
Luiz is in his second year as Director of Instrumental Music for the Ukiah Unified School District. Prior to coming to Ukiah, Mr. Coelho was the head of the band department at Woodbury Elementary School in Shaker Heights, Ohio, where he held this position for seventeen years.
For the last twenty-four years Luiz has been a member of the Cleveland Orchestra’s Blossom Festival Bandand the Lakewood Hometown Band. He has served as founder and director of the Shaker Heights Community Band and Shaker Recreation Department Band Camp (for students from sixth to eighth grade) for fifteen years.
Mr. Coelho’s education includes a BFA from SUNY Purchase, New York, a Masters of Music from Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennyslvania, an Artist Diploma from the Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland, Ohio and a Teaching Certificate from Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Luiz is a member of the California Music Educators Association (CMEA), and American Federation of Musicians Local 4, and he performs and provides clinics around the United States, Europe, Asia and South America. Luiz has also won several clarinet and chamber music competitions in his native Brazil.
Currently, Mr. Coelho can be heard performing as the first clarinetist with the Ukiah Symphony, Mendocino College Band, Echo Chamber Orchestra in San Rafael, and the Symphony of the Redwoods in Fort Bragg.
Luiz lives in Ukiah with his wife Cecilia, who also teaches for the Ukiah Unified School District.
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Piano Concerto in a minor, Opus 54Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
1. Allegro affettuoso2. Intermezzo3. Allegro vivace
I N T E R M I S S I O N
Symphony No. 1 in c minor, Opus 68Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
1. Un poco sostenuto – Allegro – Meno allegro 2. Andante sostenuto 3. Un poco allegretto e grazioso4. Adagio – Più andante – Allegro non troppo, ma con brio – Più allegro
SPONSORSDr. Larry Falk & Dr. Margaret Arner
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AARON AMES
Born in Burbank, CA, and raised in Ukiah, CA, Aaron Ames has been a pianist and musician since the age of seven, when he first began piano lessons under the tutelage of Mr. Michael Coughenour. Throughout his school years, he was an active member of wind ensemble and jazz bands in middle school and high school.
Upon graduation from Ukiah High, he was accepted to the University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA, where he studied with Professor Frank Wiens and Dr. Rex Cooper. Each summer, he would return to Ukiah and contribute to the summer musical programs at Mendocino College.
While at UOP he became a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and Theta Chi Fraternity, and received his Bachelor’s Degree in Music Performance in 2008.
After receiving his degree, Mr. Ames applied and was accepted to the graduate music program at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. At Appalachian State, he studied under Dr. Rodney Reynerson and was given the opportunity to perform the first movement of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5.
He received his Master’s Degree in Music Performance in 2010, and was invited to join Pi Kappa Lambda, the musician’s academic honors society.
Since graduation from App State, Mr. Ames has discovered an affinity and admiration of piano accompaniment. He has had the good fortune to continue his association with the University as a staff accompanist and Opera Workshop accompanist, where he contributes to the musical growth and maturation of its students.
He has also been involved with several theatrical productions through the App State Department of Theater and Dance and in the greater community, most recently finishing a run as music director of “The Wiz” at the Ashe County Little Theater. In 2014, he joined the Western Piedmont Symphony in Hickory, NC as their Principal Pianist. In the near future, he plans to apply to a university one more time, and work towards a Doctorate of Collaborative Piano.
Mr. Ames is excited and honored to be invited back for a second time to perform as a soloist with the Ukiah Symphony Orchestra.
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