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Monday, December
15
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| 6:30
- 9:00 pm |
Registration
(Lower Level Lobby) |
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Tuesday, December
16
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| 7:30
am - 8:30 pm |
Registration
(Lower Level Lobby)
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1:15 - 2:00 pm
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Knudson Middle School Varsity Orchestra
Las Vegas, Nevada
Kerry Bosnos, Conductor |
| 7:45
- 8:30 am |
Orchestra
Teachers Continental Breakfast
Sponsored by the Neil A. Kjos Music Company and Scherl and Roth,
a Division of Conn-Selmer, Inc. |
2:15 - 3:30 pm |
Las Vegas Academy Chamber Strings
Las Vegas, Nevada
Carol Jackson, Conductor
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| 8:30
- 9:30 am |
"Our Music Programs Are Worth Fighting For"
Roberta Guaspari-Tsavaras, Clinician
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3:45 - 4:45 pm |
"Whadya Get?: Student Evaluation,
Recognition, Motivation, and Competition As Part of Students' School
Orchestra Experience"
Louis Bergonzi, Clinician
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| 9:45
- 10:45 am |
Plano
Senior High School Symphony Orchestra
Plano, Texas
Jeff Turner, Conductor
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5:00 - 6:00 pm |
Troy High School String Orchestra
Troy, Michigan
Alan McNair, Conductor
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| 11:15
am - 12:15 pm |
"We are the Music-Makers...Who
Stole Our Dreams and Musicianship?"
Doris Gazda, Clinician
Sponsored by Carl Fischer and Scherl and Roth, a division of Conn-Selmer,
Inc.
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6:00 - 7:00 pm |
Exhibitor/Advertiser Reception
Presentation of the 2003 Music Industry Award
(By Invitation) |
| 11:15
am - 12:15 pm |
"Giving Beginning Bowing Technique
a Music Purpose"
Bret P. Smith, Clinician
Sponsored by University of Maryland School of Music |
7:00 - 8:00 pm |
South Salem High School String Orchestra
Salem, Oregon
Richard Bauer, Conductor |
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Wednesday, December
17
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| 8:00
am - 8:30 pm |
Registration
(Lower Level Lobby) |
1:00 - 2:00 pm |
"Middle School — Where the
Action Is!"
Judy Evans, Clinician |
| 8:30
- 9:30 am |
Ponca City High School Symphony Orchestra
Ponca City, Oklahoma
Dan Larson, Conductor |
1:00 - 2:00 pm |
School Leadership Training:
"Evolution, Not Revolution: More Strategies for Implementing
the Standards in the Rehearsal"
Mark Fonder, Clinician |
| 8:30
- 9:30 am |
"Seuss Before Shakespeare: The
Path to Music Literacy"
Robert W. Smith, Clinician
Sponsored by Warner Bros. Publications
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1:00 - 2:00 pm |
School Leadership Training:
"Strategies for Teaching Music in the Rehearsal"
Richard Miles, Clinician |
| 8:30
- 9:30 am |
"Building Your Own Web Page"
John Kuzmich, Clinician
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2:30 - 3:30 pm |
Stephen
F. Austin High School Symphony Orchestra
Sugar Land, Texas
Carolyn Vandiver and Dean Westman, Conductors
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| 8:30
- 9:30 am |
"T.A.M.E. Your Horn Section for
a Better-Sounding Band"
Gary L. Reeves, Clinician
Sponsored by C.G. Conn, a division of Conn-Selmer, Inc. |
2:30 - 3:30 pm |
"Great Conducting Ideas Stolen
From Friends and Colleagues"
Don Wilcox, Clinician
Sponsored by West Virginia University |
| 8:30 - 9:30 am |
"Teaching Comprehensive Musicianship While
Developing Great Performing Ensembles"
J. Steven Moore, Clinician
Sponsored by Colorado State University |
2:30 - 3:30 pm |
"Cymbals, Tambourine & Triangle — The
Forgotten Percussion"
Neil W. Grover, Clinician |
| 9:00
am - 5:00 pm |
Exhibits
Open
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2:30 - 3:30 pm |
"Starting and Developing a Middle
School Jazz Band Program"
Ruben Garcia and Michael Hoover, Clinicians |
| 9:45
- 10:45 am |
"Suzuki — Public School
Strings — The Community: 'Las Vegas Kids Win Big'"
Mary Straub, Clinician
Sponsored by Nevada School of the Arts |
2:30 - 3:30 pm |
"The Quintessential Quintet: Using
the Woodwind Quintet to Improve Your Instrumental Music Program"
Montpelier Wind Quintet, Clinicians
Sponsored by James Madison University |
| 9:45
- 10:45 am |
"Improvisation in the Orchestra:
Keeping it Safe and Simple"
Matt Turner, Clinician
Sponsored by Yamaha Corp. of America
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2:30 - 3:30 pm |
"Copyright in the Classroom (A Practical Guide)"
David C. Olsen, Clinician
Sponsored by Music Publishers' Association
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| 11:00
am - 11:45 pm |
Ferguson-Florissant Intermediate Honors
Orchestra
Florissant, Missouri
Jan Davis, Conductor
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2:30 - 4:00 pm |
College Student and Beginning Teacher Track
Open Discussions for College Students and New Teachers
The Key Elements To Insure Teaching Success
Team Building: Dealing With Other School Programs
Classroom Management: Discipline & Leadership Strategies
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| 11:00
am - 12:00 pm |
"Building Bridges that Last: University/Community
Ensembles build Last Connections to the Local Community, Area High
School Programs, and Home School Programs"
Otis French, Clinician
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4:00 - 5:00 pm |
"Assessment in Band and String
Classes: Why, What and How Do You Test?"
Wendy Barden, Clinician
Sponsored by Neil A. Kjos Music Company
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| 11:00
am - 12:00 pm |
"Accelerated Score Learning Techniques
for the Multi-Sensory Conductor"
Timothy Topolewski, Clinician
Sponsored by The Crane School of Music, Potsdam College of SUNY |
4:00 - 5:00 pm |
"The Mastery of Music: Lecture
Demonstration"
Barry Green, Clinician
Sponsored by GIA Publications, Inc. |
| 11:00
am - 12:00 pm |
"Clarinet Basics — Develop
a Great Clarinet Section with Strategies for Teaching Good Tone,
Tongue, and Technique"
Julie DeRoche, Clinician
Sponsored by G. Leblanc Corporation
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4:15 - 5:00 pm |
Rising
Starr Middle School Symphonic Band
(Ticket Series B)
Fayetteville, Georgia
Steven Tyndall, Conductor |
| 11:00
am - 12:00 pm |
"Get Inside the Music — Teach
Improvisation to Your Concert Band"
Shelton Berg, Clinician
Sponsored by Alfred Publishing
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6:45 - 8:00 pm |
The
United States Army Field Band
(Concert 1)
(Ticket Series A)
Washington, DC
Colonel Finley R. Hamilton, Conductor |
| 11:00 am - 12:00
pm |
College Student and Beginning
Teacher Track
" Becoming the Pied Piper: Successfully
Recruiting Students into Your Music Program"
Bryan Ames, Clinician
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7:00 - 8:00 pm |
"How Do We Get There From Here? A Step-by-Step
Approach for Classical String Teachers to Expand Their Programs
to Include Fiddle, Jazz and Rock Styles."
John Harrison and Rob Loren, Clinicians
Sponsored by Wichita State University |
| 12:00 - 1:00 pm |
Midwest Clinic Performance Workshop
Mark Kelly, Clinician
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9:00 - 10:15 pm |
The
United States Army Field Band
(Concert 2)
(Ticket Series B)
Washington, DC
Colonel Finley R. Hamilton, Conductor |
| 1:00 - 2:00 pm |
Sebastian
River High School Wind Symphony
(Ticket Series A)
Sebastian, Florida
Eric Allen, Conductor |
10:45 pm - 12:00 am |
Boston
Brass
Boston, Massachusetts |
| 1:00 - 2:00 pm |
"Creative Practice Strategies for the Improvisational
Conductor"
Carolyn Barber, Clinician
Sponsored by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Music |
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Thursday, December
18
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| 8:00
am - 8:30 pm |
Registration
(Lower Level Lobby) |
12:30 - 1:30 pm |
School Leadership Training:
"Strategies for Teaching Music in the Rehearsal"
Richard Miles, Clinician |
| 8:30
- 9:30 am |
"Performance-Based Assessment
of Instrumental Music Educations"
William Bauer, Clinician
Sponsored by Case Western Reserve University
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1:30 - 2:30 pm |
"The Lead Trombonist and the Jazz
Trombone Section"
Matt Niess, Clinician
Sponsored by the U.S. Army Band |
| 8:30
- 9:30 am |
"Campbell's Percussion Soup: All
the Ingredients for Healthy Percussionists"
James Campbell, Clinician
Sponsored by Warner Bros. Publications
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1:30 - 2:30 pm |
"Marches are Music!"
Philip "Carl" Chevellard, Clinician
Sponsored by GIA Publishing, Inc. |
| 8:30
- 9:30 am |
"Jump Start Your Beginning Jazz
Combo"
Michael Zisman, Clinician
Sponsored by Sher Music Co.
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1:30 - 2:30 pm |
"How to Get Your Oboe and Bassoon Players
To Help Your Band and Orchestra Win at Contest"
Wendal Jones and Glenn West, Clinicians |
| 8:30
- 9:30 am |
"Setting the Tone for the Young
Band"
Jeff King, Clinician
Sponsored by Neil A. Kjos Music Company
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1:30 - 2:30 pm |
"Maintaining a Quality Band and
Orchestra Program — Through Good Times and Bad"
David Lambert, Clinician |
| 8:30 - 9:30 am |
"Pedagogical Insights for the Tuba"
Dan Perantoni, Clinician |
2:30 - 4:00 pm |
College Student and Beginning Teacher Track
Open Discussions for College Students and New Teachers
Program Visibility: Ten Things You Can Do On Monday
Organize To Optimize: The Key To Your Program's Success
Effective and Positive Classroom Management
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| 9:00
am - 5:00 pm |
Exhibits
Open |
2:45 - 4:00 pm |
Temple
University Jazz Ensemble
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Terell Stafford, Director
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| 9:45
- 10:45 am |
New World School of the Arts Orchestra
Miami, Florida
Alfred Gershfeld, Conductor
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2:45 - 4:15 pm |
Indiana
University Wind Ensemble
(Ticket Series A)
Bloomington, Indiana
Ray Cramer, Conductor |
| 9:45
- 10:45 am |
St. Charles West High School Jazz Ensemble
St. Charles, Missouri
Terry Martinez, Director |
4:30 - 5:30 pm |
"Beginning Band: Effective Teaching
Strategies During the First Six Weeks"
John Benzer, Clinician |
| 11:00
am - 12:00 pm |
"Non-String Players Teaching Strings:
Then and Now — A View from Two Generations"
John Clinton and Jeffrey Bishop, Clinicians |
4:30 - 5:30 pm |
"Leadership On and Off the Podium"
David Gregory and Jay Wucher, Clinicians |
| 11:00
am - 12:00 pm |
"Your Success is Our
Success...Building Partnerships"
George Quinlan, Jr. and Mark Goff, Clinicians
Sponsored by the National Association of School Music Dealers (NASMD) |
4:30 - 5:30 pm |
"Woodwind Choir: Sound Chemistry"
Joel Blahnik and Jerry Luckhardt, Clinicians
Sponsored by University of Minnesota School of Music |
| 11:00 am - 12:00 pm |
"Baritone...? Euphonium...? Whatever!!
A Band Director's Guide to the 'White Elephant' of the Brass Family"
Joel Pugh, Clinician
Sponsored by Bemidji State University
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4:30 - 5:30 pm |
"Dynamic Rehearsal Techniques
for Chamber Ensembles"
Boston Brass, Clinicians
Sponsored by the C.G. Conn, a division of Conn-Selmer, Inc.
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| 11:00 am - 12:00 pm |
"Tools for Success and Ideas That
Make Them Work"
Sandy Feldstein and Bill Harvey, Clinicians
College Student and Beginning Teacher Track |
5:30 - 7:30 pm |
Sixteenth Annual College Night |
| 11:00 am - 12:00 pm |
"Practice and Performance Strategies for Drummers"
Peter Erskine, Clinician
Sponsored by Alfred Publishing, Yamaha Drums, Zildjian Cymbals,
Evans Drum Heads and Vic Firth, Inc. |
6:00 - 7:00 pm |
Midwest Clinic Performance Workshop
Mark Kelly, Clinician |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm |
"Transcriptions are Back — Thank
Goodness"
Mark Rogers and James Barnes, Clinicians
The United States Army Field Band
Washington, DC
Colonel Finley R. Hamilton, Conductor |
6:00 - 7:15 pm |
Birmingham
Symphonic Winds
(Ticket Series B)
Birmingham, England
Keith Allen, Director |
| 12:15 - 1:15 pm |
"Why Not Strings? — Why
Not You?"
Kirk Moss, Clinician
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9:00 - 10:00 pm |
James Logan High School Wind Symphony
(Ticket Series A)
Union City, California
Ramiro Barrera, Conductor |
| 12:30 - 1:15 pm |
Grisham Middle School Band
(Ticket Series B)
Austin, Texas
Betty Bierschenk-Pierce, Conductor |
10:15 - 11:30 pm |
The
United States Army Blues
Washington, DC
CWO Charles H. Vollherbst, Director
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| 12:30 - 1:30 pm |
School Leadership Training:
"Evolution, Not Revolution: More Strategies for Implementing
the Standards in the Rehearsal"
Mark Fonder, Clinician |
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Friday, December
19
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| 8:00
am - 8:30 pm |
Registration
(Lower Level Lobby) |
2:00 - 3:00 pm |
"H. Owen Reed: La Fiesta and More"
William Berz, Clinician |
| 8:30
- 9:30 am |
"An Easy Approach to Teaching
Music Technology"
Corey Fournier, Clinician
Sponsored by Roland Corporation U.S.
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2:00 - 3:00 pm |
"How to Confidently and Successfully
Teach Young Oboists: Guidance For the Director"
Linda Strommen, Clinician
Sponsored by Indiana University School of Music |
| 8:30
- 9:30 am |
"All Ears: Aural Exercises for
Every Day"
Fred Sturm, Clinician
Sponsored by Heritage Jazzworks |
2:00 - 3:00 pm |
"A Brief History of the Trumpet in Jazz"
Jon Faddis, Clinician |
| 8:30
- 9:30 am |
"||: Rhythm + Pitch :|| Coda"
Joe Alessi, Clinician
Sponsored by Edwards Instrument Co.
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2:00 - 3:00 pm |
"All Music Must Dance — A
Study of Weak to Strong in Phrasing"
Weston Noble, Clinician
Sponsored by Luther College |
| 8:30
- 9:30 am |
"Teaching Principles of Ensemble
Performance During Warm-up"
Leslie W. Hicken, Clinician
Sponsored by Furman University |
2:00 - 3:00 pm |
"A Fundamentals Guideline for
the First and Second Year Band Student"
Diane Gorzycki, Melodianne Mallow and Jolette Wine, Clinicians
Sponsored by Phi Beta Chapter, Alpha Chapter |
| 8:30
- 9:30 am |
"Managing Your Head and Body So
You Can Become a Good Musician"
Richard Cox, Clinician
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3:15 - 4:15 pm |
Harlingen
High School Jazz Ensemble
Harlingen, Texas
Ronnie Rios, Director |
| 9:00
am - 4:00 pm |
Exhibits
Open |
3:30 - 4:15 pm |
Coyle Middle
School Honors Band
(Ticket Series A)
Rowlett, Texas
Marcia Zuffuto, Conductor
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| 9:45
- 10:45 am |
Clarence High School Wind Ensemble
(Ticket Series B)
Clarence, New York
William Eicher, Conductor |
4:30 - 5:30 pm |
"A 60 Minute Course in Leadership:
Leadership Initiatives for Instrumental Music Educators"
Kenneth Raessler, Clinician
Sponsored by GIA Publications, Inc. |
| 11:00
am - 12:00 pm |
The Palmetto Posaunen
Greenville, South Carolina
Mark Britt, Conductor
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4:30 - 5:30 pm |
"Maximizing Your Vibes and Marimba:
Expanding Mallets Into Latin Jazz, World Music and Percussion Ensembles
(and Big Band Tips)"
Arthur Lipner, Clinician
Sponsored by Ludwig, Mike Balter Mallets, and Malletworks Music |
| 11:00
am - 12:00 pm |
"The Percussion Section in the
Concert Hall"
United States Navy Band Percussion Section, Clinicians |
4:30 - 5:30 pm |
"Tips and Tunes for the High School
Brass Quintet"
Beaumont Brass Quintet of Michigan State University, Clinicians |
| 11:00
am - 12:00 pm |
"The Successful Community Band:
Strategies On and Off the Podium"
Northshore Concert Band Panel, Clinicians
William Carson, Moderator |
4:30 - 5:30 pm |
"Beginning Band and Orchestra for Senior Adults:
This is Serious Fun!"
Linda A. Hartley, Clinician |
| 11:00
am - 12:00 pm |
"Audition Preparation and Ensemble
Skills"
Tage Larsen, Clinician
Sponsored by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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4:30 - 5:30 pm |
"Getting a Job, Keeping a Job"
Marcia Neel, Clinician
College Student and Beginning Teacher Track |
| 11:00
am - 12:00 pm |
Jazz
Band New Music Reading Session
United
States Army Blues
CWO Charles H. Vollherbst, Director
J. Richard Dunscomb, Moderator |
6:00 - 7:00 pm |
"A Fifty Year Love Affair with Bands"
H. Robert Reynolds, Clinician |
| 11:00
am - 12:00 pm |
"You've Made It This Far, Will
You Make It the Rest of the Way?"
Frank Tracz, Clinician
College Student and Beginning Teacher Track |
6:00 - 7:15 pm |
University
of Wisconsin Eau-Claire Jazz Ensemble
Eau-Claire, Wisconsin
Robert Baca, Director |
| 12:30 - 1:45 pm |
VanderCook
College Band
(Ticket Series A)
Chicago, Illinois
Charles Menghini, Conductor |
9:00 - 10:00 pm |
Flower
Mound High School Wind Symphony
(Ticket Series B)
Flower Mound, Texas
Mike Brown, Conductor |
12:30 - 1:30 pm
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School Leadership Training:
"Evolution, Not Revolution: More Strategies for Implementing
the Standards in the Rehearsal"
Mark Fonder, Clinician |
10:30 - 11:45 pm |
St.
Johns River City Band
Jacksonville, Florida
Mike Davis, Conductor |
| 12:30 - 1:30 pm |
School Leadership Training:
"Strategies for Teaching Music in the Rehearsal"
Richard Miles, Clinician |
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Saturday, December
20
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| 8:00
- 11:00 am |
Registration
(Lower Level Lobby) |
9:45
- 10:45 am |
"Tuning the Band By Ear"
Mike Brown and Rob Myers, Clinicians |
| 8:30 - 9:30 am |
The Woodlands High School Band
(Ticket Series A & B)
The Woodlands, Texas
Brett Johnson, Conductor |
9:45 - 10:45 am |
"Flute on Fire: Classical Meets Latin Jazz"
Nestor Torres, Clinician
Sponsored by Warner Bros. Publications |
9:45 - 10:45 am
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New Band Music Reading Session
United States Air Force Band of Flight
Lt. Col. Alan Sierichs, Conductor |
11:15 am - 12:45 pm |
Finale Concert
Cobb Wind Symphony
(Ticket Series A & B)
Marietta, Georgia
Alfred Watkins, Conductor |
| 9:45 - 10:45
am |
"Digital Recording Basics for Ensemble
Directors"
Tom Rudolph, Clinician
Sponsored by Soundtree |
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