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W E LCO M E Letter from the President. .

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The Capitol Steps. .

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Tom Scott.

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nnovation is part of the culture at Georgia State University and we are extremely pleased to be recognized by U.S. News & World Report as the second

most innovative university in the nation and number one in the country for our commitment to undergraduate teaching and providing our students with an extraordinary education. Long recognized as one of the nation’s most diverse institutions, Georgia State ranks 10th among U.S. News’ most racially and ethnically diverse national universities.

The Rialto Center for the Arts exemplifies Georgia State’s values and spirit. Indeed, it is reflective of the extraordinary diversity that is vital to downtown Atlanta’s continued growth. Just as Georgia State is committed to inquiry and exploration and to bringing the very best students, academics, researchers, athletes, and administrators from across the nation and the world to Atlanta, the Rialto is committed to showcasing the finest performers and performances the world has to offer right here in downtown Atlanta.

Not only is the Rialto downtown’s leading venue for arts performances and independent film screenings, it is the city’s most eclectic performing arts venue showcasing the unfamiliar and the unexpected alongside the classics and rediscovered gems. This Rialto Series season is no exception, featuring: American jazz musicians; dance from Argentina and North America; legendary comedy; and much more.

Whether you’ve been a Rialto subscriber for the last two decades or you are joining us for the first time, we are thankful you have chosen to spend your time with us to explore new and perhaps unfamiliar artists, and experience unparalleled excitement, wonder and the one-of-a-kind shows that promise the best the world has to offer!

Dr. Mark P. Becker President, Georgia State University

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am so thrilled to welcome you to the Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University. Can you imagine what the Rialto has seen on this corner of Atlanta since

1916? As the new Director of this historic institution, I want you to join the conversation on how we reinvent ourselves. What steps do we take that will make us more relevant to you, to Georgia State University, to Atlanta, to Georgia and to the nation? What does the Rialto 2.0 look like? You can help us shape that future by participating in our surveys this spring.

We are reimagining our vision, mission and values, which will inform our future programming and our efforts to reach out and become a brave voice in the community.

Please enjoy the mastery of the artists this season!

I will look forward to getting to know you.

Best and warm regards,

Lee Foster Executive Director, Rialto Center for the Arts

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RENT THE RIALTO STATE OF THE ART IN THE HEART OF ATLANTA!

THE PERFECT VENUE FOR YOUR NEXT SPECIAL EVENT! The Rialto’s state-of-the-art facilities offer the perfect setting for everything from a VIP reception to an unforgettable corporate event. Ideal for …

• Executive Planning Sessions • Business Meetings • Presentations

•M usical and Dance Performances •M ovie Premieres • F ilm Screenings

• Weddings • Receptions • Parties • Banquets

The Rialto Center is the unique setting you’ve been searching for—conveniently located in the heart of downtown Atlanta’s Fairlie-Poplar district.

833-seat Theater | 5,600 sq. ft. Lobby and Mezzanine areas 1,100 sq. ft. Presidential Suite for your private event Convenient, Safe, Secure Parking | Choose Your Own Caterer Contact us at 404.413.9814 or visit us online at rialto.gsu.edu for more information or a personal tour.

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DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER Saturday, March 7 8 p.m.

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ver the course of a multifaceted career spanning four decades, Grammy and Tony Award-winning jazz giant Dee Dee Bridgewater has ascended to the upper echelon of vocalists, putting her unique spin on standards, as well as taking intrepid leaps of faith in reenvisioning jazz classics.

Ever the fearless voyager, explorer, pioneer, and keeper of tradition, the three-time Grammywinner recently won the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album for Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee. Bridgewater’s career has always bridged musical genres. She earned her first professional experience as a member of the legendary Thad Jones/Mel Louis Big Band, and throughout the 1970s she performed with such jazz notables as Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, and Dizzy Gillespie.

After a foray into the pop world during the 1980s, she relocated to Paris and turned her attention back to jazz. Signing with the Universal Music Group as a producer—Bridgewater produces all

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of her albums—she released a series of critically acclaimed titles beginning with Keeping Tradition in 1993.

All but one, including her wildly successful double Grammy Award-winning tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, Dear Ella, have received Grammy nominations.

Bridgewater also pursued a parallel career in musical theater, winning a Tony Award for her role as Glinda in The Wiz in 1975. Having recently completed a run as the lead role of Billie Holiday in the off-Broadway production of Lady Day, her other theatrical credits include Sophisticated Ladies, Black Ballad, Carmen, Cabaret and the OffBroadway and West End Productions of Lady Day, for which Bridgewater received the British Laurence Olivier

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As a Goodwill Ambassador to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Bridgewater continues to appeal for international solidarity to finance global grassroots projects in the fight against world hunger. She spent the last year on an extensive global tour in support of “Dee Dee’s Feathers” and was recently honored with a stage dedication in her name at the new People’s Health New Orleans Jazz Market.

Bridgewater was the recipient of an NEA Jazz Masters Fellows Award with honors, bestowed to her at the Kennedy Center in April 2017.

“These were the songs I listened to on the famous Black radio station WDIA, where my own father, Matthew Garrett, was a young on-air DJ with the moniker ‘Matt the Platter Cat.’ I was born in Memphis but my family migrated north to Flint, Michigan, when I was 3 years old. The South has always remained buried inside me, and coming back for this recording project has brought me full circle in my life.”

—DeeDee Bridgewater

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14th Annual

naT i o na L B L ac K a r T s ( n Ba F )

Thursday, March 26, 2020 6 pm – 10 pm Flourish – atlanta honorees June ambrose, dapper dan & Kevin (“coach K”) Lee

enjoy a stellar evening of food, fun and The Art of Fashion presented by neiman Marcus,

evenT co-chairs Kimberly a. Blackwell Kimberly evans Paige stephanie M. russell

2020 Fashion Forward student

hosT & PaTrons chair susan B. Been

design competition honorees.

and the presentation of the

your support will fund our in-school arts education programs for youth in under-resourced communities. We know that – Art in educAtion is A Good Look!

For reservation or sponsorship information, see Fine art + Fashion online at nbaf.org or contact Judy hanenkrat, jhanenkrat@nbaf.org, 404.372.4572.

THE CAPITOL STEPS

PHOTO BY JUDY ONDREY

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Putting the “Mock” in Democracy

Saturday, March 28 8:00 p.m.

When it comes to political theater, Washington, D.C. offers a rich, inexhaustible vein that the Capitol Steps have been spinning into song parodies and sketch comedy gold for audiences across the U.S. for close to 40 years. Putting the “mock” in democracy since 1981, the Capitol Steps return to the Rialto Center with a brand-new show.

Tastefully lampooning politicians, Beltway happenings, and the day’s headlines, the Capitol Steps shows are constantly changing and strenuously bi-partisan. All points on the political spectrum are welcomed and dutifully skewered.

The group was started in 1981 by Elaina Newport, Bill Strauss, and Jim Aidala, staff members for Illinois Republican senator Charles Percy. They figured that if the newly elected President, Ronald Reagan, could be a politician, they, political operatives, were permitted to be entertainers. Born as a playful intra-party jab, the three Senate staffers

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created satiric song parodies and comedy sketches that quickly proved be as popular in the Rust, Bible, Grain, and Sun Belts as they were inside the Beltway.

Across six presidential administrations— no matter which party is in power, which individuals hold office, or who is in the headlines— the Capitol Steps have tackled both sides of the political aisle with equal pizazz, punch, and playfulness.

The Capitol Steps offer audiences two assurances: everyone’s politics will get spoofed and everybody’ll leave laughing.

Since they began, the Capitol Steps have recorded over 35 albums, including their latest, “The Lyin’ Kings.”

They’ve been featured on NBC, CBS, ABC, and PBS, and can be heard twice a year on National Public Radio stations nationwide during their Politics Takes a Holiday radio specials.

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SUSANNAH

By Carlisle Floyd Georgia State University Opera Theatre Director: Carroll Freeman

Friday & Saturday, April 10 & 11 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, April 12 3:00 p.m.

Written by Carlisle Floyd during the McCarthy era, Susannah is loosely based on the Apocryphal tale of Susannah and the Elders. The two-act opera focuses on 18-year-old Susannah Polk, an innocent girl who is targeted as a sinner in the small mountain town of New Hope Valley, Tennessee. The music is largely characterized

by Appalachian folk melodies. The opera includes some Protestant hymns and some traditional classical music. Susannah is one of the most performed American operas, second only to Porgy and Bess.

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Weekdays · 11am Weeknights · 8pm

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TOM SCOTT Grammy Winning Saxophonist in Concert with the Georgia State University Jazz Band Grammy-winning saxophonist Tom Scott is a renowned composer, arranger, producer, music director and educator. Scott’s 33 solo recordings have earned him 3 Grammy awards. His career as a guest artist spans over 500 recordings with the likes of Barbara Streisand, Quincy Jones, Thelonious Monk, Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, the Blues Brothers, Aerosmith and many more!

In addition to composing film and TV scores, Scott’s massive body of work includes soundtracks for “Taxi Driver,” “The Jerk,” “Sea of Love,” “Toy Story” and “A Star is Born,” to name a few. His list of achievements as a composer goes on and on! He conducts Master Classes in Woodwinds, Arranging & Film Composing, and is currently on the faculty of the New York University Summer Jazz program.

Scott will be joined in concert by the Georgia State University Jazz Band, under the direction of Dr. Gordon Vernick, Coordinator of Jazz Studies.

The Georgia State Jazz Band has played with the likes of Nicholas Payton, Jimmy Heath, Joe Lovano, Slide Hampton and Paquito D’Rivera, among others. This promises to be an unforgettable evening of music!

Friday, April 24 8 p.m.

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EVA AYLLÓN

Queen of Afro-Peruvian Soul

Saturday, April 25 | 8 p.m.

The Rialto proudly presents Peru’s most celebrated musical artist, Eva Ayllón, hailed as the “Queen of Afro-Peruvian Soul.” Also dubbed the “Tina Turner of Afro-Peruvian music” by the Los Angeles Times, Ayllón’s repertoire ranges from the romantic Spanish songs known as “valses” of coastal Peru to the distinctive rhythms brought by African slaves: the sensual lando, the throbbing festejo, and the bawdy, insouciant alcatraz. Recognized as the leading exponent of Afro-Peruvian music, Ayllón has 4 platinum records, 10 gold records, and two Latin Grammy nominations for “Eva! Leyenda Peruana” (Eva! Peruvian Legend) and “To My Country,” an album she recorded with Los Hijos del Sol and Alex Acuña. Since moving to the U.S., Ayllón has broadened her repertoire and increased her already impressive versatility with respect to style. Ayllón continues on her journey to connect her music with the sounds of her multiethnic heritage.

20 | staff ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

TICKET SERVICES STAFF Kaci Casey, Raven Jones, Camila Morge Molano, Nika O’Neal, Hadley Stewart

Lee Foster Executive Director Jennifer Staats Moore Associate Director Darlene Hamilton Assistant Director, Marketing & Communications Laverne Perry Assistant Director, Artist Relations and Education Suzy Blough Development Director Jo Ellen Costanzo Events Manager

FRONT OF HOUSE STAFF Rage Aden, Timnessia Benton, Samantha Bernal, Michael Clinton, Ethel Hill, Raja’Nae Jeffcoat, Evelyn Kemp, Janet Lewis, Yona Longchamp, Vera Mack, Anushka Patel, Bri’anna Russell, Destani Stone BACKSTAGE CREW Daniel Armbrust, Rashae’ Avery, Jenna Edmonds, Bryan Feeney, Nina Gooch, Christopher Hollis, Michael Jones, Bridget Leen, Marshall Moore, Michael Morgan, Tony Reid, Dave Reiersen, Danielle Styles, Amiel Tomlin, John Woodson

Matthew Igyarto Business Manager Chadwick Miller Ticket Services Manager Michael Williams Production Manager Sarah Blanc Front of House Manager

GRADUATE ASSISTANT Nika O’Neal

Nathan Brown Stage Manager Jamie Jones Events Coordinator Willie Gaston Production Coordinator Monica Barnes Arts Administration Specialist

STUDENT ASSISTANTS Osayande Henry Grace Olufade Destiny Owens Tateanna Rush Breion Russell

ADVISORY COMMITTEE Munir Meghjani, Chair Chris Escobar, Vice Chair Sally Cohen Atkins Peg Balzer W. Imara Canady David Cheshier Elaine E. Davis

Nick Demos Gina Espinosa-Meltzer George Greenidge, Jr. JoAnn Haden-Miller Darryl B. Holloman Jennie Raymond Judith Service-Montier Randy Hyman Shapiro

Karcheik Sims-Alvarado Gordon Vernick Mark Vollbrecht Brianna Williams

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FEED YOUR SENSES Plan to bring your lunch and meet your friends downtown for Feed Your Senses, the Rialto’s free Lunchtime Learning Performing Arts Series, every third Wednesday at noon in the Rialto Center Lobby. A different artist or speaker is presented each month, providing a casual and fun insider’s look at their craft. Feed Your Senses is FREE and open to the public.

LUTHER ENLOE, CLASSICAL GUITARIST Wed, Mar 18, 2020, 12 – 1 pm Possessing a distinctively resonant sound quality, lyrical phrasing, and technical finesse, classical guitarist Luther Enloe has received acclaim for the expressive command of his live performances from both concert presenters and audience members alike. As printed in the Smokey Mountain Sentinel, “Luther captivates his audience through the beauty and intensity of his performance, while he engages even those audience members who are less than fans of classical guitar.”

Luther Enloe’s programs offer an exciting variety of Spanish and Latin American masterpieces as well as contemporary works from the United States that can be appreciated by all audiences. Upcoming performance highlights include an invitation to perform at the 2020 University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Guitar Festival, as well as invitations to the 2020 Rhode Island Guitar Festival and the 2020 Tiempo de Guitarras in Noto Sicily, Italy. Fall 2020 will include a performance of Joaquin Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez with the Emory University Symphony Orchestra. Luther will be releasing a new album in 2020.

JULIAN REID, PIANIST Wed, Apr 15, 2020, 12 to 1 pm Julian Reid grew up in Chicago studying classical and jazz piano at Merit School of Music’s Conservatory and playing classical, jazz and gospel piano around the city. That diverse upbringing would prepare him for a diverse career in music making. His current focus is in Black gospel and

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jazz. He is an assistant music director at Kelley Chapel United Methodist Church in Decatur, GA, and a founding member of The JuJu Exchange, a genre-bending group with one foot in jazz and one foot in everything else. He has also created with Chance the Rapper, Peter CottonTale, Josephine Lee and the Chicago Children’s Choir, the Clark Atlanta University Choir, Strivers Row and Abiodun Oyewole, one of the Last Poets.

Reid holds a Masters of Divinity degree from Candler School of Theology at Emory University. There he focused on Theology and the Arts under the tutelage of Drs. James Abbington, Dwight Andrews, Don Saliers and Greg Ellison. Prior to Candler, he completed his undergraduate studies in philosophy at Yale University, where he wrote a thesis on the political nature of jazz.

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and FULTON COUNTY

Feed Your Senses is supported in part by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners, Georgia Council for the Arts through appropriations from the Georgia General Assembly (GCA is a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts), the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs and 100 Peachtree.

Groups of 8 or more are encouraged to call our Feed Your Senses RSVP line at 404-413-9832 to reserve a table.

VISUAL ARTS SERIES The Visual Arts Series includes professionally curated, bi-monthly exhibitions, showcasing visual artists whose works transform our lobby space into a wonderful gallery that is free and open for the general public to enjoy. The Visual Arts Series exhibitions feature local emerging artists who present dynamic works in photography, painting, or mixed media. Featured artists have included Julio Mejia, Susan J. Ross, Eric Waters, Shannon McCollum, Lucinda Bunnen, Cullen Washington Jr., Charles Nelson, Alex Brewer (aka Hense), Benjamin Jones, and more.

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24 | generalinformation TICKETS Tickets available for purchase by phone at 404-413-9TIX (9849), online at rialto.gsu.edu or in person at the Rialto box office, 80 Forsyth St. NW (corner of Forsyth and Luckie streets).

BOX OFICE HOURS Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

WEBSITE Visit rialto.gsu.edu for a complete calendar of events or to purchase tickets 24 hours a day.

REFUNDS & EXCHANGES All sales are final with no exchanges or refunds.

PARKING The 100 Peachtree Garage (formerly the Equitable Building parking deck) at the corner of Fairlie and Williams streets, provides official parking for the Rialto Center.

SPECIAL NEEDS The Rialto Center is fully accessible to patrons with special needs. Wheelchair seating can be reserved in advance. The Rialto offers an Assisted Listening Device System. Devices can be borrowed at the table located inside our front door (where we offer parking validation).

Patrons using listening devices must leave their driver’s license as security during the show. Patrons who are TTY users, hearing impaired, speech disabled or hard of hearing, can call us through the Georgia Relay Service at 711. For more information about these services, please call 866-787-6710. You can also email us at rialto@gsu.edu.

ETIQUETTE Please turn all cellphones and electronic devices to silent operation upon entering the theater. Late-arriving patrons will be seated at the House Manager’s discretion during a pause in the performance.

Please refrain from talking during the performance.

SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE We encourage you to share your experience at the Rialto on social media before and after the show using #RialtoATL. Tag us @RialtoCenter. Please take a few moments to complete a survey after the show. Survery forms are available in the lobby.

CAMERAS/RECORDING DEVICES The use of cameras or sound/video recording equipment without the written permission of the management is strictly prohibited.

LOST AND FOUND For items lost or left at the theater, please call the House Manager at 404-413-9844.

MERCHANDISE The Rialto has items available for purchase at the box office including umbrellas, coffee mugs and more.

RENT THE RIALTO Our facilities offer the perfect setting for everything from a VIP reception to an unforgettable corporate event. For more information, please contact Jo Costanzo at 404-413-9814 or rialtoevents@gsu.edu.

VOLUNTEER Interested in volunteering as a Rialto usher? Sign up online or call 404-413-9845.

IN CASE OF EMERGENCY The exit sign closest to your seat shows the shortest route out of the theater. In case of an emergency, please walk to the exit.

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RIALTO SERIES SHOWS - SPRING 2020 DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER NEA Jazz Master, Grammy & Tony-Winning Vocalist SAT, MAR 7, 2020, 8 PM THE CAPITOL STEPS Putting the “Mock” in Democracy SAT, MAR 28, 2020, 8 PM SUSANNAH BY CARLISLE FLOYD Presented by the Georgia State University Opera Theatre FRI, APR 10, 8 PM, SAT, APR 11, 8 PM & SUN, APR 12, 3 PM TOM SCOTT Grammy-Winning Saxophonist with the Georgia State University Jazz Band FRI, APR 24, 2020, 8 PM EVA AYLLÓN Queen of Afro-Peruvian Soul SAT, APR 25, 2020, 8 PM

FREE PARKING IS AVAILABLE FOR THESE SHOWS AT THE 100 PEACHTREE PARKING GARAGE GET YOUR TICKETS NOW AT RIALTO.GSU.EDU

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The Rialto Center for the Arts gratefully acknowledges the support of our sponsors.* 2019-20 SEASON SPONSORS

FULTON COUNTY

Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs

*Major funding for this organization is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners. This program is supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly.

GCA also receives support from its partner agency – the National Endowment for the Arts. *This program is supported in part by the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs.

COMMUNICATIONS SPONSOR

MARKETING PARTNER

SEASON PARTNERS

MEDIA PARTNERS

Dolby® Surround Sound and Projection Equipment in the theater has been provided by WarnerMedia.

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Donors

August 1, 2018 – February 1, 2020

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hen you donate to the Rialto, you enable us to further enhance and broaden our arts portfolio and educational programming; to maintain and expand the Rialto Series, featuring the best of national and international jazz, world music and dance; and to continue building our educational outreach to high-need public school students throughout Atlanta. With donor categories from $1 to more than $100,000, no amount is too small to contribute! We invite you to become part of the Rialto family, and with your gift, the Rialto will be able to bring the arts to more audiences, more classrooms and transform even more lives.

ImPresArIo | $25,000+ • Anonymous (3) • Bill & Peg Balzer • Charles Loridans Foundation Inc. • The Erroll & Elaine Davis Charitable Foundation • Fulton County Arts Council • The Molly Blank Fund – Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation VIrTuoso | $15,000-$24,999 • City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs mAesTro | $10,000-$14,999 • The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation’s Audience Building Roundtable • Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta • Georgia Council for the Arts • Nancy Nolan & Harold Shumacher • State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company • South Arts, Inc. beneFAcTor | $5,000- $9,999 • 100 Peachtree Property LLC • AIDS Healthcare Foundation • W. Imara Canady • Naomi M. Kirkman-Bey ProDucer | $2,500-$4,999 • David Caudill & Julia Bannerman • GeorgiaLink Public Affairs Group • Ray & Mary Maynard

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Frank & Llen Ryan Marietta, Georgia

FRANK&LLENCARE You know the “in sickness and in health” marriage vow? In 53 years, Frank and Llen Ryan have really put it to the test. Heart issues, skin cancer, prostate cancer, debilitating back pain — they’ve faced it all together. And with Wellstar’s expert care, things have come out “for better” — not worse. These days, Llen gardens and walks daily, thanks to a successful spine surgery. And Frank fights back against Parkinson’s with the help of our special boxing classes, prescribed by his Wellstar neurologist. No two happily married couples are exactly alike, and at Wellstar, we would never treat them that way.

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