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Salem, Oregon Pacific Coast Norwegian Singers Association

Bestefar Gabe Stangfand (Information for this salute came from an article in the Western Viking written by Peter F Butler, Jr., Thorsmen Director) Much of his adult life was spent in the Midwest. He and his family moved to

Salem in 1954.

Ga~ and hi wife, Bernice, have traveled extensively, visiting the Holy Land,

AfrICa, Samoa, Alaska and several trips to Norway as members of the PCNSA

Singers' tours in 1990 and 1994.

While Gabe was not a Charter Member of the Thorsmen, he did join the chorus in time to take part in the first Sangerfest hosted in Salem in 1979.

Gabe was born in North Dakota, but his family returned to Norway while he was quite young. As a young man of 17 he returned to the United States. One of his cherished memories is the sighting of the Statue of Liberty upon arrival.

While Gabe says he cannot sing tenor parts for the Thorsmen any longer, he is a treasured member.

This special page is dedicated to he and Bernice for their many years in association with the chorus and the Ladies AUxiliary.

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Schedule of Events Wednesday, June 16,2004 Annual Golf Tournarrieru.---Dak Knoll Course,

Salem, (Directions to course at registration table)

Thursday, June 17, 2004 All day - Registration, Lobby, Red Lion Hotel 3 :00 PM -- Chorus rehearsal -- Mazama Room Red Lion Hotel 5 :00 PM -- Flag Ceremony Front of Red Lion Hotel 5:30 PM - Attitude Adjustment Hour 6:30 PM -- Welcome Dinner, After dinner, choruses will perfann

_Friday, June 18, 2004 8:00 AM _ Registratioll continues 9:00 AM -- PCNSA Board-Meeting 12:00 Noon -- Chorus LlUlcheon -- Red Lion 12:00 Noon -- Ladies' LlUlcbeon -- Red Lion 1:30 PM - Chorus Rehearsal North Salem High School Auditoriwn 7 :30 PM -- Grand Concert North SatemHigh. School Auditorium­ 9:30 PM -- Afterglow --Red Lion Hotel

Saturday, June 19. 2004 9:00 AM-­ PCNSA Business Meeting

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Pacific Coast Norwegian Singers Association Sangerfest '04 Salem, Oregon Greetings: As Governor of Oregon, I am pleased to wel.come participants and guests to the 90 lh annual Sangerfest celebration sponsored by the Pacific Coast Norwegian Singers Association. I invite you to enj oy the hospitality and scenic beauty Oregon and the capital city have to offer.

This is a unique opportunity to enjoy Norway's music and the talents & accomplishments of the Norwegian Men' s Choir. I applaud these artists for their dedication and commitment to the wonderful heritage of Norway. I know the performances presented today will provide you with many memories in the years to come.

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I would like to add a special note of congratulations and thanks to the organizers and sponsors who have made it possible to bring this fine event to our community.

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It is a distinct pleasure tQ extend to our fellow singers, wives and friend~ a warm welcome to the 95th annual Sangerfest pfThePaci1ic Coast Norwegian Singers Association being held in Oregon's capital city.

I hope sincerely that all of you enjoy your stay in beautiful Salem and retumto-yourbomes With good memories of your i\fisit here .

Special thanks to fellow fllembers of the Thorsmen Chorus and the for the many hours they have devoted in preparation for this annual event.

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OUf Grand Concert will ,!-gain b e he1d in the Nortb-Salem Rig" School Auditorium with singers from 12 choruses, fucfuding t he newest from Poulsbo, WaShington, the路Vestre -Sund-Mannskor.

Featured during singer intermissions will be Dr. Joan Haaland Paddock and Rebecca Jeffers.

We hope you all have good time In our city and also enjoy seeing old friends and meeting new singers and their wives Ken Thelin

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Greetings and Best W ishes For a Successfu I Sangeriest

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Charlotte Holmes, Lou Johnson

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DR ALF LUNDER KNUDSEN

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JEFF HIGHLAND

Accompanist

LESLIE O'BRIEN

ROGER VINYARD

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Narrator

Joan Haaland Paddock, Professor of Music at Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon, is the first woman awarded a Doctorate in Trumpet Performance from Indiana University where she studied trumpet with Charles Gorham and conducting with Ray Cramer.

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Currently Dr. Paddock is Director of Instrumental Activities at Linfield College where spe conducts the Wind Symphony, Concert Band, and Brass Choir and teaches conducting and brass methods.

Joan lives in rural Oregor with her husband Paul and children l olm-Nlartin (10) and Iltflen-Lorraine (7).

Intermission Artists

ebecca Jeffers is well known to audiences throughout the Northwest as a collaborative pianist and chamber musician.

Mrs. Jeffers teaches at Oregon State University where she is staff accompanist, and for many years served as music director and pianist for the Uni ersity Theatre's Gilbert and Sullivan productions. She maintains a private piano studio at her home in Corvallis.

Mrs. Jeffers holds degrees from Carleton college and the University of Michigan, where she studied with Eugene Bossart.

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RON OLSEN President

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Treasurer

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Program Notes

Vi Er Sangere--We Are Singers ... We are singers with all our hearts, soul, life and minds, Each one of us a part that makes a male chorus.

Mai Song (Skona Mai)Beautiful May, welcome to our countryside again. Beautiful May, welcome, friend of fun and games.

Be Thou My Vision--AI}cient Irish text translated by Mary Byrne, versified by Eleanor Hull . Ancient Irish "Slaqe" and arranged by Robert Hunter.

KJara Stjerne--(Serenad)--Clear stars, you that are scattered, shining in the purplish heaven, conceal your ey~s only for me!

River in Judea--Text by pnda Marcus; music by Jack Feldman; arranged by John Leavitt.

Arranged for the 1991 International Choral Symposium in Kansas City, Mo. Stout Hearted Men--From the 1928 Broadway musical ''New Moon" with words by Oscar Hammerstein II, and music by Sigmund Romberg Arr. by William Stickles.

Naar Fjordene Blaaner--When the fjords tum blue, depicts the re-awakening of nature as yet another spring arrives in Norway.

OlafTrygvason--He wa~ accepted as King of Norway i_n 995 by the people of the Trondheim area. He is credited for bringing Christianity to Norway Norge, Mit Norge--(Norway, My Norway) From Theodor Caspari's most famous poem, actually entitled Vinter i Norge. It was set to music by AJfred Paulsen in 1911.

Skomvaervalsen--a sea shanty written by Erik Bye, set to music by Bjarne Amdahl and arranged by Dag Kristoffersen . The ship's name was Skomvaer from Porsgrunn.

Jubilate, Amen--The lyrics are by the Irish poet Thomas Moore; later translated to Norwegian. Composer Halfdan Kjerulf provided the music.

Soon, And Very Soon--Words and music written by the eminent African-American Gospel Andrae' Crouch. Arranged by Jack Schrader in 1996.

Bound For Jubilee--Words and music written in 1979 by Joyce Elaine Eilers, a prominent Northwest composer. She formerly taught public school in Corvallis, OR. My Hearts In The Highlands--Text is the poem written by Robert Bums (I 759-1796) with tasteful music composed in 1996 by Donald Moore (ASCAP).

Landkjenning--(Landsighting) Norwegian poet Bjornstjerne Bjornson collaborated with Edvard Grieg in this song. It was for the opera Olaf Trygvason. The opera was never completed, but the song lives on.

2004 SANGERFEST Concert Program

Friday, June 18, 2004

North Salem High School Auditorium

Peter Butler Dirctof-in-Chief

Dr. Jeff Highland Accompanist

Ed Amundson Soloist

Dr. Joan Paddock Trumpet, Lur

Leslie O'Brien Accompanist

Dr. Alf L. Knudsen Assistant Director Rebecca Jeffers Accompanist Roger Vinyard Concert Announcer

GRAND CONCERT Vi er sangere ...................•..................................... R. Rinnar/F. Skottner

Skona Maj(Maj-sang) .................~_ ..............................................L. Been

Be Thou My Vision ............................................................Arr. R. Hunter

Klara stjarna ....................................................................... H. Wetterling

River In Judea..............................L. MarcuslK. Feldman/Arr. J. Leavitt

Peter Butler, Director Musical Selections... Dr. Joan Haaland Paddock, Trumpet and Lur; Rebecca Jeffers, Accompanist Stouthearted Men ................................ S. Romberg/O. Hammerstein II

Naar fjo-r dene blaaner.......................................J. Paulsen/A. Paulsen

Olav Trygvason .....................................BjornsonlReissiger/Arr. Wick

Norge, mit Norge................................................T. Caspari/A. Paulsen

Skomvcervalsen ...................... E. Bye/B. Amdahl/Arr. D. Kristoffersen

Dr. Alf Knudsen, Director Musical Selections... Dr. Joan Haaland Paddock, Trumpet and Lur; Rebecca Jeners, Accompanist Jubilate, Amen..........................................................T. MoorelH. Kjerulf

Soon, And Very Soon...............................A. Crouch/Arr. J. Schrader

Bound For Jubilee...................................................Joyce Etaine Eilers

My Heart's in the Highlands.................................... B. BurnslD. Moore

Landkjen ning .................................................................. BjornsonlG rieg

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It is our wish to honor those people who have contributed so much to The Thorsmen chorus over the years.

Shown below are three of the Charter Members who were in on the beginning in 1975, plus the remaining four that joined in the early years-and cOlltirruetcrcontribute. ';/'Ie give a special salute to Alf Sather, Floyd O'Brien and Orvin Sletten. '

FLOYD O'BRIEN ORVIN SLETIEN ALF SATHER The other four include: Gabe Stangland, Dan Pederson, John Eggen, and Einar Aas. Together, they have been members for over 100 years. Gabe has decided to take a rest but the other three continue to sing.

Alf Sather decided the Seattle Chorus needed some help so he joined them several years ago.

GABE STANGLAND We also salute our accompanist, Leslie O'Brien for her many years of faithful service.

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In Memoriam

JOHN EGGEN

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Dorothy A. Aaserud

Among early participants in the formation of the Thorsmen Chorus were Dorothy and L. V. Aaserude. During her life in Salem she served both as accompanist and at times as the director. She had worked for 30 years as a music teacher and enjoyed singing and playing the piano. She was a native of North Dakota and was a memlxr of Our Savior's Lutheran church, Salem, and the Sons of Norway. She died Thursday, April 8, in Salem. The Thorsmen sang at a memorial service in Salem.

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The beauty and grandeur ofNorway, with her lofty mountains, deep blue fjords and wood clad valleys, have inspired such masters as Grieg, Bull, Sinding, Paulsen, Kjeruifand many others, to express themselves n song and music. They contributed compositions oflasting beauty that rightfolly belong among the finest the world has produced.

From the day ofthe Vikings to our present time, singing has been considered a national heritage ofthe Norwegian People. In virtually every town and village in Norway there is a singing 'society, with male choruses having an important place in the musical life ofthe nation.

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For over ninety years, Norwegian singing societies have existed on the west coast.

The Pacific Coast Norwegian Singers Association was organized in Seattle, Washington, in 1902, with the first Sangerfest begin held in Everett. Washington. in 1903. Since then.

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The present Sangerfest is the 95th. in the history ofthe Pacific Coast Norwegian

Singers Association and the. fifth to be held in Salem. the capitol city ofthe state of Oregon.

The members ofthe Norwegian Male Chorus ofSalem, which was organized in October, 1975, are proud to have been selected as host ofthis Song Festival.

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View fine arts and crafts as vendors display their trade through demonstrations. Relax in the Wine & l.Yficro-Brew Terrace or Beer Garden. Performers from near and far will perform traditional dances and our evening pageant is one to look forward to. Please join us and share in the warmth of our community.

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BRIEF HISTORICAL SKETCH

By Dr. Alf Lunder Knudsen Et syngende folk - et lykkelig folk. A singing people - a happy people, is the motto of the Norwegian Singers Association (Norges Landssangerforbund). In 1984, it was estimated that there were over 70,000 active singers in Norway belonging to several Singers Associations, and according to Arne B. Christiansen, President of Norges Lanssangerforbund, the interest is on the increase.

Song and Music are a birthright which has been entrusted to all nations in a greater or lesser degree.

The beauty and grandeur of Nonvay, with her lofty mOWltains, deep blue fjords, green clad valleys and forests, have inspired such great Nonvegian writers as Bjornson, Garborg, Moe, Munch, Vinje and Asen, among others, to produce a wealth of stirring poetry. Composers like Borg, Grieg, Kjerulf and Paulsen, to name but a few, equally inspired by same nature and the poems, have contributed compositions of lasting beauty that rightfully belong anlong the finest ever produced.

From the days of the Vikings to present time, singing has been considered a national heritage of the Nonvegian people. Virtually every town and village in Nonvay has a Singing Society, with Male Choruses having an especially important place in the musical life of the nation.

In 1845, Den Norske Studentsangforening, Nonvay' s first Male Chorus, was organized by Johan Didrik Behrens, and already in June of 1851 , the first Sangerfest was held in Asker, Norway.

In America, as in Nonvay, the characteristic Norwegian love for singing and the ability to organize has manifested itself. This has forged a strong link in the bond between those of Norwegian birth, ancestry and affiliation with the homeland.

As early as 1858, the first Norwegian Male Chorus (NMC) was organized in America, and by 1886, there were enough choruses established to form a Sangerforbund, Singers Association, and in 1867, the first Sangerfest was held in Ph.iladelphia, Pennsylvania.

In 1878, Portland, Oregon, organized tlle first NMC on the West Coast. Cities up and down the coast soon followed suit, and in 1902, a Sangerforbund - the Pacific Coast Nonvegian Singers' Association - was founded.

The first PCNSA Sangerfest was hosted by the one-year-old Everett NMC. Putting on Sangerfest is a challenge for any chorus, but even more so for one of the smaller choruses.

The Thorsmen singers of Salem (1975) have every reason to be proud of outstanding arrangements in 1979, 1986 and 1991. Hosting

veteran choruses like the San Francisco NMC with roots back to 1885, the Ill-year-old Normanna Male Chorus of Tacoma and 110-year-old NMC of Seattle, can be a challenge. Add tJle otJler PCNSA choruses: NMC of Everett (1902), Oakland Normanna Glee Club (1913), Bellingham NMC (1916), the Norsemen of Eugene (1958), San Diego Mannskor (1993) and Nordkapp Mannskor of Sacramento (1998). Still not out of contention are the dormant NMC of Los Angeles (1913) and Nordmaendenes Sangforening of Vancouver, BC (1910), botJl choruses hopefully ready to rejoin the ranks of active singers before too long.

Some of the PCSNA highlights deserving special mention include: • The first Nonvay Tour of a 46-voice PCNSA chorus, 1926; • The first joint effort of the two Norwegian American Singers Associations joint Sangerfest in Salt Lake City's Mormon Tabernacle, 1962; • The second PCNSA Concert Tour Cruise of 100 singers, wives and fiends, totaling 400 sailing along tJle coast of Nonvay aboard the MIS Funchal, 1981; • The Seattle NMC hosting Sangerfest during its Centennial with Breistein and Fana Male Choruses visiting from Bergen, Nonvay, 1989; • The PCNSA Concert Tours of

Nonvav/Scandinavia in 1990, 1992, 1993 and

1997

all arranged by President Gordon Rye. Since that lirst NMC in America was organized in 1858, over 400 choruses have come and gone, 106 on the West Coast. At the present time 25 choruses are still active, 10 of which constitute today's PCNSA. In the last decade, two California choruses have been added to our roster: San DiegoA1al1nskor and Nordkap i\tlannskor of Sacrament.

While tbe Nonvegian Male Chorus movement

has had its ups and down tJ1e past century and a half,

it is encouraging that the PCNSA is riding high as

we approach the 21't Century, still being infused

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1. Everett. .................. ............ 1903 2. Seattte .... .. ...... .. ..... ...... ....... 1904 3. Portland ............ ....... .......... 1905 4. Tacoma .............................. 1906 5. Astoria .... .................. ......... 1907 6. Seattle ....... ................... ...... 1909 7. Eureka .............................. . 1910 8. Everett ......... ............. ........ . 1912 9. Spokane ....... .......... ....... ..... 1913 10. San Francisco .............. ...... 1915 11. Bellingham ........ ..... ........... 1916 12. Seattle ......... ........... .. .... .... .. 1917 13. Portland .................. ........... 1918 14. Tacoma .......................... .. .. 1919 15. Gray s Harbor ..................... 1920 16. Astoria ........ ... ........ ............ 1921 17. Everett ............ ............. ...... 1922 18. Edison-Bellingham .... ....... 1923 19. Seattle ............ ............ ........ 1924 20. Portland ......................... .... 1925 21. Tacoma .............................. 1926 22. Vancouver ................... .. .... 1927 23. San Francisco ........ .. ... ....... 1928 24. Astoria ............................... 1929 25. Grays Harbor ................. ... . 1931 26. Everett ........ .......... ....... .. .. .. 1933 27. Vancouver ....... ...... .... .. .. .... 1934 28. Bellingham ..................... 1935 29. Seaule ................ ........ ........ J 936 ]() Portland ........... ........... ....... 1937 31. San Francisco ...... ..... ....... . 1939 32. 'racolna ................. ...... , ..... . 1940 33 . Grays Harbor ........ .. ...... ..... 1941 34. Everett ...................... ..... .... 1942 35. Seattle ....... .. ....... .............. .. 1944 36. Tacoma ..... ........... ... ....... .... 1945 37. Portland ............................. 1946 38. Vancou ver BC .... .. ............ . 1947 39. Los Angeles ............ ........... 1948

40. Everett .............. ..... ............ 1949 41. Oakland ............................. 1950 42. Seattle ................................ 1951 43. Spokane ........................... .. 1952 44. Tacoma ...... .. ...................... 1953 45. POltland ............................. 1954 46. Bellingham .... ......... ........... 1955 47. LosAngeles ....................... 1956 48. Vancouver BC ................... 1957 49. Everett ...................... ......... 1958 50. Eugene ............................... 1959 51. Seattle ........... ............... ...... 1960 52. San Francisco ... .......... ....... 1961 53. Salt Lake City .......... .. ....... 1962 54. Tacoma ............ .......... ........ 1963 55. POltland ........... ...... ....... ..... 1964 56. Oakland ............ .. .. ............. 1965

57. Bellingham ........................ 1966

58 . Eugene .................. .... ...... ... 1967

59. Everett ................. .... ........ .. 1968

60. Santa-MonicafLosAngeles .. 1969

61. Seattle ...... .. ........................ 1970

62. Tacoma .............................. 1971

63. San Francisco .............. .... .. 1972

64. Vancouver Be ........ ......... .. 1973

65. Oakland ............................. 1974

66. Seattle ..... .............. .. ....... .... 1975 67. Eugene ............ .. . ... ..... ..... 1976 68. Everett .............. ......... ....... I CJ 77 69 . Oakland ...................... .. ... 1978 70. Salem ....................... ..... ..... 1979

71. Bellingham .... .. .................. 1980

72. Seattle .............................. 198 1

73. Tacoma .............................. 1982

74. Eugene .................... .. .... ..... 1983

75. Oakland ............................. 1984

76. Everett .......... ......... .... ........ 1985

77. Salem .. ..................... ....... ... 1986

78. Los Angeles ............ .. .. ...... . 1987

Belllngham , Washington ..... ................ .. ......... . Norwegian Male Chorus

Eugene, Oregon ......................... ..... ................... The Eugene Norsemen

Everett, Washington ................. ....... ................ Norwegian Male Chorus

Oakland , California ............... ............... ......... ...... Normanna Glee Club

Poulsbo, Washington ............. ........................... Vestre Sund Mannskor

Sacramento, California ...... ......... ........ Nordisk Sangkor of Sacramento

Salem, Oregon ........... ........... .......... .. ... ............. .. The Thorsmen Chorus

San Diego. California .......... ... .............................. San Diego Mannskor

San Francisco, Caifornia ...... ................ .... . Norwegian Singing Society

Seattle, Washington ........................................ Norwegian Male Chorus

Skagit Valley, Washington ..... .. ............. .. .... ..... Skagit Valley Mannskor

Tacoma, Washington .............. ............... ........... Normanna Male Choru s

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Seattle .......... .................. .... 1989

Everett ............. ............ ...... 1990

Salem ... ... .... ........... .. .......... 1991

Sioux Falls ...... .................. 1992

Eugene .. .... ....................... .. 1993

Oakland .. ........ ....... ..... ....... 1994

Bellingham .. ........... ........... 1995

San Diego .... ................ ...... 1996

Tacoma ............... ........... ... . 1997

Reno .................................. 1998

Salem ................................ . 1999

Seattle ................................ 2000

Eugene ........... ... ......... ... ..... 2001

Everett ........ .. ..... .......... ...... 2002

Tacoma ...... .......... .... .......... 2003

95 . Salem .... ... ......... ........ ...... 2004

Directors-In-Chief CarioA . Sperati ............ .. 1902-1916

Rudolph Moller .............. 1916-1935

George S. John son .. ........ 1935-1937

Monrad Malmin ........ ...... 1937-1939

George S. Johnson .......... 1939-1940

August Werner .......... ...... 1940-1946

Henry Ringman .............. 1946-1950

GunnarJ. Malmin . .... ...... 1950- 195:2

Henr) Ringman .... .. .... .... 1952-1 953

GunnarJ. Malmin ... .... .. ... 1953-1955

Monrad Malmin .......... .... 1955 - 1957

Henry Ringman ... .. .... ... .. 1957-1959

August Werner .. .. ........... . 1959-1974

GunnarJ. Malmin ............ 1975-1978

Alf L. Knudsen ..... ..... ..... 1978-1981

Ed Amundsen .................. 1981-1984

Alf L. Knudsen ............... 1985- 1987

Jon Malmin ...... ............... 1988-1989

Dr. Alf L. Knudsen ......... 1989-1990

Dr. Jon Malmin ............ ... 1990-1991

Peter Butler ....... ........... .. . 1991-1992

Steve Jensen .................... 1992-1993

Dr. Jon Malmin ............... 1993-1994

Steve Jen sen .............. .... .. 1994-1995

PeterButler ................. ..... 1995-1996

Dr. Jon Malmin ............... 1996-1997

Dr. Alf L. Knudsen .... ..... 1997-1998

Peter Butler ..................... 1998-1999

Dr. AIJ L. Knudsen ......... 1999-2000

Peter Butler ..................... 2000-2001

Steve Jensen ........ ........... 2001-2002

Dr. Jon Malmin .. .......... .. . 2002-2003

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