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SUMMARY:Steve Pledger
DESCRIPTION:Front Room is thrilled to welcome Steve back to Weston after his wonderful live set last year. Don’t miss this visit as last year’s proved very special indeed. \nSteve Pledger is a multi-award-winning recording artist with an enviable reputation as a talented and dynamic performer. With writing that ranges from fragile reflections on love and loss to blistering commentaries on present circumstances\, his songs pack an emotional punch\,\nboth on record and on stage. \nCast in the mould of the classic troubadour\, there are inevitably shades of those who ultimately have defined the role\, and yet his blend of blistering social commentary\, stark honesty\, and fearless tenderness have marked Steve out as someone unafraid to create his own place in\nthe singer/songwriter landscape. Discernible influences include Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam\, Loudon Wainwright lll\, Graham Parker\, Don McLean\, Springsteen\, and others. \n“Poetic\, knowing\, clever\, thoughtful & melodic; the world would be a far better place with more of this stuff.” (8/10) Americana-uk\n“An object lesson in the craft of contemporary song writing.” fRoots Magazine\n“(‘Somewhere Between’) casts Steve as a protest singer\, up there with the likes of Billy Bragg\, Phil Ochs and Ewan MacColl.” Neil King\, FATEA Magazine\n“Extraordinary! If you haven’t found Steve before\, you have now!” Folking.com \nwww.stevepledger.co.uk\n\n\nEvent Details\nDoors Open at 6:30PM\nFrom 7:00PM to 8:30PM
URL:https://frontroomwsm.com/event/steve-pledger
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Songdog
DESCRIPTION:After last year’s spellbinding performance\, Front Room are thrilled to welcome back Songdog. Don’t miss out this time around! \nSongdog are a trio centred around Welsh songwriter Lyndon Morgans. He is joined by longstanding fellow Songdog regular Karl ‘Pod’ Woodward\, who provides keyboard and the distinctive Mellotron sound that peppers the latest album\, plus new violinist Bethan Frieze. \n‘Mirabilia Mundi’ was released in 2025 on Junkyard Songs and is the current album from Songdog. Over the course of the record’s ten songs Lyndon continues his exploration of favourite themes: time passing and the struggle to make sense of a disappearing world; a foreboding of things ending and a looking back at long-lost glory days. There are nods to the earliest Songdog albums woven throughout for those who know them. There’s a new producer\, too\, Al Steele (also known as guitarist with The Korgis). \nPrevious albums include 2022’s ‘Of Gods And Men’ (which came out under Lyndon’s own name)\, ’A Happy Ending\, ‘Joy Street’\, ‘Last Orders at Harry’s Bar’\, ‘A Life Eroding’\, ‘A Wretched Sinner’s Song’\, ‘The Time Of Summer Lightning’\, ‘Haiku’ and ‘The Way Of The World’ and were released to\ngreat reviews from the likes of Uncut\, Mojo\, The Mirror\, Maverick\, RnR and Americana UK amongst others. Lyndon’s tracks have featured on BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6Music plus other regional and international shows\, he recorded a session for Tom Robinson’s show and his music has been\npraised by Bruce Springsteen and Robert Wyatt. \n“Ten songs\, ten peerless evocations of place\, people and time passing\, where every word is exactly right and every line conjures up an unforgettable image or memory.. This will be the album of the year.” 5* RnR (Jeremy Searle)\n“A gifted\, fearless songwriter …sculpting heart’s-done-time melancholy\, reverie\, black comedy and poetry into extraordinary shapes.” 4* Mojo (James McNair)\n“These are elegies for art and bad behaviour that felt immortally good\, an old idea of bohemia defiantly hanging on.” 8/10 Uncut (Nick Hasted\n“There lingers a feeling that Mr Morgans is a little bit star crossed. It is a wonderful world and Morgans has travelled through it possessing a big talent.” Americana UK (Andy Davidson)\n“Mortality\, loss and failed dreams loom large\, through Morgans’s deeply poetic words and the simple but intoxicating melodies.” Fatea (Mike Davies)\n“Broken-hearted canvases filled with elusive\, poetic narratives.” Arts Desk (Thomas Green) \nwww.songdog.co.uk\nhttps://youtu.be/0AkjJUlFVpM\nhttps://open.spotify.com/album/31zD8aMW1uHLBVlVE0A1VJ\n\n\nEvent Details\nDoors Open at 7:00PM\nFrom 7:30PM to 9:30PM
URL:https://frontroomwsm.com/event/songdog
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Daria Kulesh accompanied by Tristan Seume
DESCRIPTION:“The Voice of Fairytales” \nFront Room is delighted to welcome back Daria Kulesh and Tristan Seume after their spellbinding performance in 2025. Don’t miss them this time around\, it really is an enchanting evening. \nDARIA KULESH has been described by Mike Harding as “one of the finest voices and one of the most intriguing and interesting songwriters on the present folk scene”. She is a multiple award winner and her four albums to date have all received rave reviews. \nBorn in Russia but based in the UK for the last 15 years\, she fearlessly explores her heritage and turbulent family history in Ingushetia (North Caucasus) with songs that “aren’t just sung\, but lived” (FATEA). \nWe found the experience unforgettable: insights into a hitherto unknown people and their culture\, overcome by the cruelty of mega state power\, told through the lives of the past and present. Truly folk music at its best.” – “Remarkable woman/voice/stories” – “One of our best nights yet” – The Lightship\, Blyth – organisers and audience\n“An excellent evening and an epic journey told in stories and song. I don’t think we have had an artist cover such a dramatic and traumatic history with such beauty\, emotion and humour. Thank you”- Gerard Edwards\, Bradninch Folk Club\n“Motherland (Daria’s 2025 release) finds Daria at the height of her vocal powers and is destined to be one of the albums of 2025 – 5 out of 5 stars” – RnR Magazine\n“Full of humanity…triumphant… an album of fabulously varying delights – Folk NorthWest \nTRISTAN SEUME is acclaimed as one of the UK’s leading acoustic guitarists. He has toured all over Europe both as a soloist and a sought-after accompanist. His solo recordings mix handcrafted originals with beautiful interpretations of traditional and contemporary tunes. As an in-demand side-man\, he has played countless shows accompanying some of the foremost voices on the UK folk scene.\nAn experienced and enthusiastic educator\, his CV includes countless contributions to some of the UK’s best-selling guitar magazines. He has led workshops at many events such as Halsway Manor Guitar Week\, Bath International Guitar Festival and the legendary Ullapool Guitar Festival. \n\n\n\nEvent Details\nDoors Open at 7:00PM\nFrom 7:30PM to 9:00PM
URL:https://frontroomwsm.com/event/daria-kulesh-accompanied-by-tristan-seume-2
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Gabriel Moreno and The Quivering Poets
DESCRIPTION:“An Offshoot of Leonard Cohen and Neil Diamond. I love it!” (Cerys Mathews\, BBC6) \nGabriel Moreno is Gibraltarian singer-songwriter\, currently based in London. An irresistibly engaging performer\, he combines a latin exuberance and passion with a rare lyrical calibre (he is also an accomplished poet\, with 12 books published to date). Performing on nylon string guitar and accompanied by The Quivering Poets\, he creates a live experience that has been described as ”Taberna Folk” – at once both energetic and intimate\, anarchic and absorbing. \nHe has thrilled audiences across South America\, the USA and Europe\, including recent sets at UK festivals Wilderness\, The Great British Folk Festival and Purbeck Valley Folk Festival\, and has been championed by the likes of BBC 6 Music’s Cerys Matthews\, with his sonorous baritone and poetical lyrics often seeing him compared to such luminary wordsmiths as Leonard Cohen\, Nick Cave and Bill Callahan. \nMoreno’s unique artistic voice lies in the meeting and fusion of different identities. Born and raised in Gibraltar\, a British territory bordering southern Spain and just 8 miles from Africa\, he has since lived and performed across the world\, absorbing influences from music\, literature and art everywhere he went. Now considered one of the most compelling and distinctive artists in London’s thriving folk and roots scene\, he was previously the longtime curator and host of the legendary Lantern Society folk club\, and in 2022 was awarded the title of Cultural Ambassador of Gibraltar. \n“Moreno’s warm voice\, embroidered by The Quivering poets accompaniment\, engrosses and soothes. Meditative one moment and despairing the next\, these unhurried songs offer spiritual succour and solidarity\, a balm for our trying times”\n– Morning Star ★★★★★ \n“The songs tread a path between Folk\, Latin and cabaret torch song. It’s an oddly effective mix which forms the perfect bed for Gabriel Moreno’s distinctive voice -a blend of Leonard Cohen\, Peter Sarstedt\, and dare I say it\, Rex Harrison.” -(Trevor Raggart\, RNR magazine) \nhttp://www.gabrielmoreno.co.uk/\n\n\nEvent Details\nDoors Open at 6:30PM\nFrom 7:00PM to 8:30PM
URL:https://frontroomwsm.com/event/gabriel-moreno-and-the-quivering-poets
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Claire Vine & Suzi MacGregor
DESCRIPTION:Claire Vine is a folk singer and songwriter based in Machynlleth\, Wales. Her solo project fearlessly explores urgent themes of land rights\, oppression\, climate change and inequality\, in timeless songs that sound like they’ve always existed. Using subtle electronics to layer her voice into a haunting choir\, she creates a space for her listeners to collectively feel the grief expressed in her music\, offering a moment of shared catharsis. She is also a skilled song-interpreter\, delivering classics from the traditional/folk revival canon with a new and profound humanity. \n“This extraordinarily compelling work is a constant and ever-stimulating delight” – Folk London \nSuzi MacGregor is a Bristol-based vocalist & multi-instrumentalist with a knack for classic songcraft\, imbuing her warm\, soulful music with a sense of timelessness. She blends the ambitious folk melodies of Laurel Canyon with a more modern pop sensibility\, spaciously delivered with gospel-infused grooves.\n\n\nEvent Details\nDoors Open at 7:00PM\nFrom 7:30PM to 9:00PM
URL:https://frontroomwsm.com/event/claire-vine-suzi-macgregor
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261105T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261105T210000
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SUMMARY:Vikki Clayton
DESCRIPTION:Without any shadow of doubt Vikki Clayton is one of the best and most successful female folk singers this country has produced in the past forty years. She has released eight critically acclaimed solo albums to date\, one of the most popular being\, ‘It Suits Me Well – The Songs Of Sandy Denny’\, which features the classic Sandy Denny song ‘Who Knows Where The Time Goes.’  \nIt’s safe To say that nobody does Sandy Denny better the Vikki Clayton. She will be doing some of her own original material alongside some contemporary and traditional folk songs.Don’t miss this opportunity to see Vikki perform in Weston. \n\n\nEvent Details\nDoors Open at 7:00PM\nFrom 7:30PM to 9:00PM
URL:https://frontroomwsm.com/event/vikki-clayton
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261107T193000
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SUMMARY:This Is Your Musical
DESCRIPTION:Front Room is always thrilled to welcome this supremely talented and funny improv musical troupe back to Weston. \nThis Is Your Musical is a totally unique improvised musical theatre experience\, and believe us\, it’s not to be missed! \nInspired by stories from the audience\, the talented and quick-witted actors will instantly spin a brand-new musical tale\, complete with characters\, songs and choreography\, all accompanied by an amazing improvising musician. \nThis Is Your Musical is an all-singing\, all-dancing extravaganza you have to see to believe! \n\n\nEvent Details\nDoors Open at 7:00PM\nFrom 7:30PM to 9:30PM
URL:https://frontroomwsm.com/event/this-is-your-musical-3
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261121T193000
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SUMMARY:FORMER ELO 2 STAR AND FRONTMAN - PHIL BATES
DESCRIPTION:Front Room is delighted to be welcoming back Phil Bates on what will be his final U.K. tour before retirement. Last year’s performance was truly wonderful and the evening spent in Phil’s company was a delight from start to finish. Don’t miss out on this last opportunity to see Phil live here in Weston. \nPhil Bates was a member of ELO 2 for nearly a decade in the early nineties he played prestigious venues all over the world including The Royal Albert Hall\, Carnegie Hall\, and Sydney Opera House. Now a solo artist Phil will be playing some of his own material since leaving ELO 2 he has released five critically acclaimed solo albums. He will also be playing some classic blues numbers quite a few Beatles songs But of course this show would not be complete without lots of those fantastic Jeff Lynne songs that made ELO one of the biggest and most successful bands in the world \n\n\nEvent Details\nDoors Open at 7:00PM\nFrom 7:30PM to 9:00PM
URL:https://frontroomwsm.com/event/former-elo-2-star-and-frontman-phil-bates
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Gren Bartley
DESCRIPTION:Gren Bartley is a UK singer-songwriter and guitarist working somewhere between cinematic folk\, intimate acoustic songwriting and finely detailed guitar work. Across a run of acclaimed releases\, he has built a reputation for records that are atmospheric\, melodic and unmistakably his own. \nHis 2015 album Magnificent Creatures (★★★★★ R2 Magazine)\, produced by Gavin Monaghan\, received outstanding reviews and helped take his music to festivals and venues across the UK and beyond. In 2019 he released Quiet (★★★★★ Northern Sky Magazine)\, a more stripped-back collection drawing on folk\, world music and bottleneck slide guitar\, which earned further critical praise. \nHis new album Sunsets\, Circles and Waves is released on 15 May 2026. Recorded live in complete takes with no overdubs\, it captures the warmth and intimacy of a real performance while deepening the reflective\, immersive quality that runs through his work.\nGren Bartley writes songs with the instinct of a folk artist and the detail of a craftsman. Drawing on older traditions without sounding trapped by them\, he has developed a style that feels warm\, immersive and entirely his own. \n\n\nEvent Details\nDoors Open at 7:00PM\nFrom 7:30PM to 9:00PM
URL:https://frontroomwsm.com/event/gren-bartley
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261205T193000
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SUMMARY:Old Spot
DESCRIPTION:Old Spot (Rowan Piggott & Joe Danks) burst onto the scene in 2023\, quickly establishing themselves as a fresh force in old-time music. Praised for their raw energy and expressive musicianship\, the duo lit up stages across UK/EU folk\, bluegrass\, and old-time festivals. \nNow\, Old Spot continue to push the boundaries of stringband tradition – digging deeper into the roots of old-time while crafting a live show that’s equal parts intimate and electrifying. Their new album Old Spot (II)\, recorded in the Scottish Borders\, captures this evolving sound with fresh material and atmospheric arrangements. Whether trading close harmonies\, ripping into a tune\, or experimentally reworking a classic\, Old Spot captivate audiences with a sound that’s both steeped in tradition and boldly original. \n\n\nEvent Details\nDoors Open at 7:00PM\nFrom 7:30PM to 9:00PM
URL:https://frontroomwsm.com/event/old-spot
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Winter Calling - Stories and songs at the turning of the year
DESCRIPTION:Winter calls to you. A call to connect and share in stories and songs from the coldest months. \nThere’s something universally human about listening to warm words on cold nights\, something that runs marrow-deep. \nStoryteller Hannah Moore and Folk musician Danny Pedler share an evening of winter stories and songs to warm the bones and stir the heart. \nThis is a show that celebrates the light\, warmth and dreaming imagination that brings us together in the dark season and guides us through to spring. \nDrawing on a deep knowledge and love of tradition\, history and oral heritage\, this collaboration between Hannah and Danny twinkles with the spells of imagination. Expect an evening of characters\, traditions\, mysteries and magic\, woven through with rich melody and song. \n\n\n\nEvent Details\nDoors Open at 5:30PM\nFrom 6:00PM to 7:30PM
URL:https://frontroomwsm.com/event/winter-calling-stories-and-songs-at-the-turning-of-the-year
CATEGORIES:Community,Music,Theatre
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20270212T213000
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SUMMARY:Wearing the Trousers: The True Story of Vesta Tilley
DESCRIPTION:Wearing The Trousers: the true story of Vesta Tilley’ plots the life of one of the most successful cross-dressing music hall stars that most of the world has never heard of. \nUsing original music and songs from Vesta Tilley’s playbook and some reworked pieces\, the story leads us from her dotage in Monaco back to her theatre debut aged five\, to the extraordinary People’s Tribute book\, presented to her by Ellen Terry and signed by admirers Charlie Chaplin\, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle\, Harry Houdini and two million members of the public\, to celebrate her career and retirement from the stage. \nSeizing The Day is a Bristol theatre company that gives a voice and opportunities to mature professional performers. \nWritten by Dyanne White\nDirected by Craig Edwards \n\n\nEvent Details\nDoors Open at 7:00PM\nFrom 7:30PM to 9:30PM
URL:https://frontroomwsm.com/event/wearing-the-trousers-the-true-story-of-vesta-tilley
CATEGORIES:Music,Theatre
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20270313T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20270313T210000
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SUMMARY:Mark Waistell - Singer-Songwriter
DESCRIPTION:‘Mark’s voice is soft\, clear\, smooth & distinctive; his lyrics are evocative of a life’s experiences… his fingerpicking guitar is sophisticated… the\nunderstated playing is beguiling and vocals as clement and serene as a dappled golden water-meadow… Beautiful!’ – FolkCast \nMark Waistell sang and played a bit as a student and then life and the necessity to earn a living stepped in and he didn’t pick up a guitar in earnest for 30-odd years. \nA desire to “have another go” led to a new guitar and after a period of re-learning how to play\, Mark took three weeks away from work and wrote twenty songs. To his amazement\, he soon found himself in a studio for the first time with the well-known acoustic producer\, Mark Tucker (Jethro Tull\, Fairport Convention\, Show of Hands\, Ralph McTell etc.) supported by an impressive “band” of famous names of the Acoustic and Folk World including Phil Beer (Show of Hands) on violin\, Gerry Conway (Fairport Convention) on percussion\, Spencer Cozens (John Martyn and Joan Armatrading) on piano and Barney Morse-Brown (Duotone and Imagined Village) on cello. The album\, appropriately named “Latecomer”\, came out in 2012\, had excellent reviews and Mark did some gigs and radio appearances\, which were well-received. Then he had to go back to the day job once more. \nLockdown gave him time to write again and soon he had more than 60 new songs. Twelve of these found their way onto his second album\, “For A Sonnet Or A Shilling”\, which came out at the end of 2023. Again produced by Mark Tucker\, this album also features the violin of Georgina Leach (Mary Chapin Carpenter\, Seasick Steve) and the cello of Barney Morse-Brown (Duotone) once more. \nMark has now left the day-job and in 2024 and 2025 played at folk clubs\, folk festivals\, literary festivals\, charity concerts and acoustic venues around the UK from Penzance to Newcastle. A third album of original songs\, “With A Fine Disregard”\, came out at the end of 2025 \, featuring again the wonderful violin of Georgina Leach and produced by Mark Tucker. He will be touring this album through 2026 and 2027. \nSamples of music and videos of performance are available on all the usual platforms: Spotify\, Bandcamp\, Amazon Music\, Apple Music\, Youtube etc. \n\n\nEvent Details\nDoors Open at 7:00PM\nFrom 7:30PM to 9:00PM
URL:https://frontroomwsm.com/event/mark-waistell-singer-songwriter
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20270416T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20270416T220000
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SUMMARY:Rainbow Roadies - Mario Kart with a Live Band!
DESCRIPTION:After sell out shows in Bath and Bristol last year\, Rainbow Roadies are coming to Weston and the Front Room Theatre for the first time with Mario Kart with a Live Band! Watch or play Mario Kart 8 Deluxe accompanied by a six-piece live band playing all the track songs plus the countdowns\, power-ups and menu screens\, while our host calls you up to the hot seat and gently critiques your drifting prowess. \nIncluding all the favourites from Coconut Mall to Rainbow Road\, you can expect a crazy range of music from funk and jazz to dance and metal\, not forgetting costumes\, props and more surprises than you could shake a blue shell at. You race the tracks\, we play the tunes; you’d have to be a Blooper to miss it. Let’s-a-go! \nRace registration starts at 7pm and is run on a first come\, first served basis. Names from the signup sheet will be randomly called for an opportunity to race! \n\n\nEvent Details\nDoors Open at 6:45PM\nFrom 7:00PM to 10:00PM
URL:https://frontroomwsm.com/event/rainbow-roadies-mario-kart-with-a-live-band
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20270430T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20270430T210000
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SUMMARY:Sarah McQuaid
DESCRIPTION:Sarah McQuaid’s lush\, velvety voice combines with her engaging personality and “brilliant musicianship” (fRoots) on acoustic and electric guitars\, keyboards and (occasionally) drum to create a truly immersive experience. Her live performances are full of warmth\, wit\, and intimacy\, and have earned her loyal followings on both sides of the Atlantic. \nBorn in Spain\, raised in Chicago\, holding dual Irish and American citizenship and now settled in rural England\, she brings the eclecticism of her background to her “captivating\, unorthodox songwriting” (PopMatters) and choice of material. From contemplative ballads to playful blues to atmospheric instrumentals\, Sarah’s music invites reflection\, connection\, and a deep appreciation of the quiet power of a well-crafted song. \nIn the words of one audience member: “Sarah is a truly impressive artist who takes you on a journey through storytelling\, blending a variety of musical genres and instruments with ease and creativity. Her lyrics are down-to-earth yet incredibly captivating. Attending her concert feels like diving into a book of short stories — some resonate deeply\, some spark your imagination\, others make you pause and reflect\, and a few bring tears or spontaneous laughter. Sarah’s connection with the audience is both gentle and profound. You don’t  just watch a performance — you become part of it\, part of the story she’s telling. … To anyone considering seeing her live: go. It’s worth every second. You’ll leave with your heart full and your soul touched — guaranteed.” \n\n\nEvent Details\nDoors Open at 7:00PM\nFrom 7:30PM to 9:00PM
URL:https://frontroomwsm.com/event/sarah-mcquaid
CATEGORIES:Music
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