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HCO 2025-26 Season Concert 5

Fairmount Presbyterian Church 

Coffee Concert No. 4 "Oh, my goodness!"

Volkshaus Jena

Guest performance in Arnstadt »Do you speak English?«

Theater in the castle garden

March Concert 2026

Pomona College

Imagine time as a big, blank piece of paper, just waiting for something magical! We can’t draw on time with crayons, but we can fill it with beautiful music! In this fun and playful program, we’ll discover how time makes music special. We’ll feel the steady beat (like music’s very own heart!), tap along to rhythms, and zoom fast or slow with tempo. Along the way, we’ll see how music can match our feelings—whether we’re happy, sleepy, or ready to dance! Let’s make time for music together!

Little Listeners: Time for Music

Richardson Auditorium

Pops is more than just a style of music; it’s a state of mind! With tried and true favorites that sparkle in every key, this perennial pops sensation is your go-to gathering for light classics that’ll touch your heart and make you tap your toes!

Canons and Cannons: Pops at the Forum

Broome County Forum Theatre

Marin Symphony Principal Pops Conductor, the irrepressible Stuart Chafetz, brings us a delightful program of light classics, with critters everywhere. Not only bats, bugs, and birds, but also a splash of Beatles!

Marin Symphony Pops 2026: Bats & Bugs & Birds, Oh My!

Marin Center

A vibrant tapestry of Celtic Spirit, myth, and rhythm. Traditional melodies meet contemporary fusion as the orchestra journeys through enchanted landscapes – from the ancient legends of Arthurian Britain to the lively dance halls of Dublin.

Celtic Tides

Imperial Theatre

Boardwalk Theater

Coffee Concert № 3 “Do you speak English?”

Join the San Diego Symphony for a family-friendly concert that celebrates the beauty of the animal kingdom. Experience the buzz of "Flight of the Bumblebee", the grace of The Waltzing Cat, and Gershwin’s playful Promenade (Walking the Dog). Be among the first to hear the world premiere of Right Whale, Wrong Letter, a heartfelt piece about Robley, a North Atlantic Right Whale. The performance concludes with Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, a timeless tale that brings the characters of animals to life. Bring your family for a morning of music, wonder and a celebration of the natural world we all share.

Peter and the Wolf (A Family Concert)

Jacobs Music Center

Guest Concert

BASF-Feierabendhaus

Local dance students perform to waltzes, tangos, and other traditional dance pieces played by The Syracuse Orchestra.

Kids Dance!

Inspiration Hall

Ring in 2026 in style with The Syracuse Orchestra! With a program of rousing music in the Viennese tradition of New Year’s polkas, marches, and waltzes, you’ll be tapping your feet and inviting your neighbor to dance.

Viennese New Year

Celebrate the Christmas season with the Magic Philharmonic Orchestra as we take you on a musical journey through holiday music from across the globe. Guest conductor Brandon Alves, music teacher at East Minico Middle School, will lead the orchestra in beloved favorites including Sleigh Ride, Silent Night, Carol of the Bells, Waltz of the Flowers, Betelehemu, and many more. From timeless classics to festive international carols, this joyful evening will warm hearts and lift spirits. Don’t miss it.!

Christmas Around the World

Burley High School

Christmas at the Meyerson

Meyerson Symphony Center

It couldn't be more Christmassy! The anticipation of the upcoming holidays is audible in this concert full of Christmas tunes, sleigh rides, and Christmas wishes. The focus is on the music for Erich Wolfgang Korngold's fairytale ballet "The Snowman": Colombine and her admirer Pierrot attempt to escape from the clutches of Uncle Pantaloon – and succeed with the help of a snowman. The story is narrated. Finally, things get particularly festive with Otto Nicolai's Christmas Overture, featuring ever-changing variations of the chorale "Vom Himmel hoch."

Christmas & Fairy Tales

Berliner Philharmonie

Sounds of the Season returns, featuring the orchestra in a joyous celebration of the holiday season. This festive concert weaves together a rich tapestry of holiday favorites, such as selections from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker with a jazz-infused twist, popular Christmas songs, classic carols, and of course, Leroy Anderson's Sleigh Ride. Join the orchestra for an audience sing-along and celebrate with music the whole family will enjoy!

Sounds Of The Season

Mayo Civic Center

Experience the Des Moines Symphony brass section like never before in our newest tradition! Celebrate the sounds of the season with favorites like Joy to the World, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing and more. Westminster Presbyterian's beautiful Dobson Pipe Organ will be prominently featured alongside timpani, percussion, and our powerful brass section. Don't miss your chance to experience this intimate, family-friendly holiday concert!

Holiday Brass

Westminster Presbyterian Church of Des Moines

Click HERE to register via Eventbrite. *Please note this ticket doesn’t guarantee late entry as our concerts are open seating, which is first-come, first-served. We strongly recommend guests arrive early. Doors open at 6:00 pm.

Scenes from Life: Joy

This year, TSO goes Hollywood for the Holidays! Join the orchestra and soprano Amy Owens for a magical concert featuring music from beloved holiday films, including White Christmas, Home Alone, It’s a Wonderful Life, Elf, and more. Experience the nostalgia, joy, and warmth of the season through these timeless melodies-don’t miss this unforgettable concert!

Hollywood for the Holidays!

You’ll hear sparkling works by Czech and French female composers, audience favorites like Coleridge-Taylor’s Christmas Overture and Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride, plus a few surprises sure to make your spirits bright. And don’t miss the annual audience sing-along, hosted by CEO & President Sidney P. Jackson, complete with glowing luminaria lighting our hall in harmony.

Holidays of Hope

Mandel Hall

North Central College

With this program, the orchestra wants to give its audience a real Christmas present. In the program, we have tried to collect the most beautiful Christmas melodies and the most famous Christmas songs. Everything from Sibelius' Christmas Carol, Koppången and Klang min vackra bjällra , to Sleigh Ride and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, which are also included in the program. To help us, we have Norrköping-born Olle Persson as soloist and the choirs Bel Canto and Musikaliska Sällskapets Kammarkör. It almost couldn't get better. Here you really get the chance to fill up on all the energy and Christmas spirit needed for the holidays.

Sound and cheers

Louis de Geer konsert & kongress

British baritone Rodney Earl Clarke captured every heart when he starred in the Halle’s Christmas Concert a couple of years ago. We couldn’t wait to bring him back, so here he is with a sack full of treats for the festive period, including operatic and Hollywood favourites, as well as some chestnut-roasting seasonal classics. Our master of ceremonies is genial conductor Stephen Bell, who’ll be taking us through a roll call of Christmas hits from Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov and heartwarming movie music from Home Alone to Frozen. And as it’s Christmas you can enjoy some good old-fashioned audience participation singing along with White Christmas and trying to keep up with the reindeer in Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride.

The Hallé Christmas Concert

Royal Concert Hall Nottingham

Erich Wolfgang Korngold was just eleven years old when he composed the ballet The Snowman . The piece's musical brilliance caused such a sensation that even the emperor took notice of the child prodigy's creation and commissioned a performance at the Imperial and Royal Court Opera. This year, excerpts from The Snowman, reminiscent of Tchaikovsky's great ballets, will open the Christmas concert, in which the KSO and the City Theater Chorus will strike a festive, contemplative, and cheerful tone—including Mozart's Ave verum corpus and Leroy Anderson's exhilarating Sleigh Ride .

Christmas concert

Konzerthaus Klagenfurt

Celebrate the season with a night full of timeless melodies and sonorous brass harmonies. Join members of the orchestra for a musical sleigh ride through the unforgettable holiday hit by Leroy Anderson, as well as Handel’s glorious Joy to the World, Anthony DiLorenzo’s adaptation of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, a mash-up of Hannukah staples, and more.

Walt Disney Concert Hall

A beloved seasonal tradition, the DuPage Symphony Orchestra’s annual holiday concert showcases an array of holiday favorites from around the world. A variety of religious and cultural traditions, representing both Christmas and Hanukkah, are celebrated with lively medleys and fresh orchestral arrangements. A special guest narrator joins the DSO to relate a charming holiday tale. And who knows: perhaps that special someone will appear at Wentz Hall once again to lead a rousing rendition of Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride!

Radiant Reflections: "Holiday Magic"

Join us at Homegrown Holidays, a new holiday concert that brings together Clarksville's performing arts students with the Gateway Chamber Orchestra for a joyous event of seasonal spirit and community pride. A spotlight on Clarksville’s next generation of performers, this special event features The Nutcracker with dance students from Classic Steps II, a side-by-side performance with the GCO and the Clarksville Youth Orchestra, and an acoustic set by Clarksville’s emerging singer/songwriter Mattie Lyn. This is the perfect family-friendly event to ring in the holiday season. 60 minutes with no intermission.

Homegrown Holidays: Clarksville’s Kids in Concert

Austin Peay State University

Celebrate the joy of the season with a beloved concert conducted by Associate Conductor, Nicholas Ross, featuring a side-by-side with the West Valley Youth Symphony, Claire Gordon, Conductor. 

Enjoy cherished carols and orchestral showpieces including White Christmas, Tyzik’s Behold the Lights, Sleigh Ride and other favorite sing-alongs.
 
Bring your friends and family to experience the beauty of live music and the spirit of the season – a perfect way to welcome the holidays.

Home for the Holidays

The Vista Center for the Arts

Ring in the holidays with Bay Phil’s most joyful, spectacular celebration of the year.! Get swept up in all the magic of the season with family and holiday favorites, led by our Guest Conductor Alexander Kahn.

The Bay Area’s Best: Sounds of the Season!

Chabot College

Get into the holiday groove with a jazzy, joyful celebration! From Tchaikovsky’s Snow Maiden to A Charlie Brown Christmas, plus swinging Christmas favorites with the Dirty River Jazz Band and vocalist Faith Evangeline, this concert will have you tapping your toes and feeling festive. The New Braunfels Children’s Chorus adds their magic to the mix!

Christmas in New Orleans

Texas Lutheran University

The Contra Costa Wind Symphony, under the direction of Dr. Luis Zuñiga, presents Winterfest. This FREE holiday concert features a festive program blending traditional carols with contemporary arrangements. The concert offers a joyful start to the holiday season for the local community!

Winterfest 2025

Alhambra High School

ONNY promises to get you in the holiday spirit with a wonderful mix of music for the season! Whether you love classical favorites by Tchaikovsky, Bizet, and Rimsky-Korsakov, crooner tunes like White Christmas or Mel Tormé's The Christmas Song, or holiday music from around the world, this program has something bound to put you in the mood for mixing up your eggnog and wrapping your presents. And remember—you’re always welcome at ONNY’s home for the holidays!

First Presbyterian Church of Watertown

Helen M. Hosmer Concert Hall

Winter Lights & Festive Nights

Mesquite Arts Center

A Catskill Symphony Orchestra holiday tradition, the Poinsettia Pops is returning to Oneonta for the 2025-2026 season! The Pops brings the community together for an evening of light and joy through beloved holiday classics in the poinsettia-adorned Goodrich Theater in SUNY Oneonta’s Fine Arts complex.

Poinsettia Pops

SUNY Oneonta

Celebrate the season with the Wichita Falls Symphony Orchestra at our sparkling holiday concert, “Sounds of the Season!” This festive program blends timeless classics, enchanting melodies and heartwarming favorites into one unforgettable evening. With sing-alongs, surprises, and holiday cheer for the whole family, this concert is the perfect way to share in the spirit of the season and make magical memories together.”

Sounds of the Season

First United Methodist Church of Wichita Falls

Jingle all the way into the holiday with the Lima Symphony’s beloved Bells, Brass & Bows! Led by guest conductor Conner Gray Covington and accompanied by the Lima Symphony Chorus, this festive concert will fill your heart with the spirit of the season. With a stunning blend of sacred music and holiday favorites, the evening features Leroy Anderson’s iconic “Christmas Festival Overture,” the whimsical “Troika” by Prokofiev, and a magical rendition of A Christmas Carol. The highlight of this year’s concert is the “Twelve Days of Ohio Christmas,” a delightful local twist on the classic carol. Bring your holiday cheer and join us for a musical celebration you won’t forget!

Bells, Brass & Bows

Veterans Memorial Civic and Convention Center

The Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s Wizards in Winter, Dreams of Fireflies, Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24, and A Mad Russian’s Christmas bring a rock-and-roll energy to the season, with soaring electric guitars, powerful orchestra, and dazzling rhythms.

Orchestra Concert 3 - Sounds of the Season

First Church OKC

Join us for a joyful celebration filled with beloved carols, sing-alongs, and holiday favorites like The Grinch, The Polar Express, Sleigh Ride, and more.

Family Holiday Pops

Great Lakes Center for the Arts

Join the Sheffield Philharmonic Orchestra for a magical festive treat, perfect for families and children of all ages!  Led by guest conductor Helen Harrison, this joyful hour of music features seasonal favourites, sparkling storytelling, and one very special bear.

Paddington Bear’s First Concert at Christmas

Victoria Hall

Winter Miracles

Town of West Hartford

Local favorites Steve and Allison Martin join HSO for festive selections from The Nutcracker, Leroy Anderson’s classic Sleigh Ride, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” and some of the Martins’ favorite songs, including “The Prayer,” “O Holy Night,” and “Ave Maria.”  Rounding out the family-friendly concert will be the audience favorite “Christmas Singalong,” full of well-known holiday carols! Steve and Allison are well known in West Michigan, having sung on opera stages and musical productions locally and around the country.  Allison received her Masters of Music from Michigan State University.  Steve holds a doctorate and master’s in music from Michigan State University.  He has taught at the college level and is now Director of Music and Fine Arts at Memorial Drive United Methodist Church in Houston, Texas.

Home for the Holidays 2025 Matinee: Steve & Allison Martin

West Ottawa High School Performing Arts Center

Celebrate the season with music that captures the warmth, wonder, and magic of Christmas. From the charm of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker to modern hits from Mannheim Steamroller and Trans-Siberian Orchestra to timeless favorites like White Christmas and Sleigh Ride, this festive program invites the whole family to share in the joy and beauty of the holidays.

CVSO: The Magic of Christmas

Pablo Center at the Confluence

Embrace the magic of the season at our most popular concert of the year! The Holiday Spectacular returns for its fifth year, featuring the warm, expressive voice of tenor Terrence Chin-Loy and a heartwarming program of holiday favorites.

Holiday Spectacular

Willson Auditorium

Celebrate the season with the glad musical tidings of the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra’s beloved holiday concert, a favorite family event for music lovers of all ages. CUSO is joined by the University of Illinois Chamber Singers and Oratorio Society to perform Gloria of Francis Poulenc, a spectacular work for large chorus and full orchestra. The angelic voices of the Central Illinois Youth Chorus will be featured in music by John Williams from the film Home Alone. Uplifting songs of the season, a visit from Santa, and a sing-along of carols are sure to make spirits bright.

Good Tidings!

Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

Our annual Holiday Pops concert returns with Saginaw’s ‘3 Tenors’; Todd Michael Hall, Billy Petty, and Charles Allen, along with some of your favorite holiday selections including Josh Groban’s You Raise Me Up, Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride, and the Christmas singalong, featuring side-by-side performances with Saginaw Bay Youth Orchestra.

SBSO: Holiday's with Saginaw's Stars

Temple Theatre

Each season ticket purchase will provide you with one ticket to each of the upcoming six concerts of the season. If there is a concert you cannot attend, we can either donate your ticket to a student/veteran or provide you with extra tickets to a different concert date.

Christmas Concert Celebration

La Casa de Cristo Lutheran Church

Concert 2

Our Lady Star of the Sea

Celebrate the season with music director candidate Brandon Horrocks in a festive Christmas Pops concert full of holiday cheer!

The Search Brandon Horrocks

Mansfield Theater

Conceived for choir, chamber orchestra, and soprano soloist, the work—approximately forty minutes in length—follows the Latin text from the Gospel of Luke (1:46–55), articulated in seven movements, each introduced by an expressive indication that shapes its spiritual atmosphere:

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Theatre

Celebrate the season with WVSO’s most popular holiday concert—featuring classic carols, joyful surprises, and a special visit from Santa himself.

Blennerhasset School

Looking for a holiday celebration that showcases the remarkable artistry of two of Calgary’s finest musicians? Civic has a gift for you!

Baroque & Beyond

Arts Commons

Celebrate “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year” at the majestic California Theatre with a spectacular symphonic celebration filled with the warmth and wonder of the season.

Join Symphony San Jose, the Symphony San Jose Chorale, Cantabile Youth Singers, New Ballet, and special guests and rejoice in beloved holiday classics, heartwarming carols, dazzling dance numbers, audience sing-alongs, and the ever-popular 12 Days of Silicon Valley.

California Theatre

2025 Holiday Celebration: Nutcracker & Friends

Gateway High School

Here is an opportunity to hear the orchestra in its home town and set the Christmas season off to a rousing start. Join us in Christ Church for this popular concert of short works, which will appeal to young and old alike, and enjoy singing your favourite carols accompanied by the whole orchestra. The concert will be followed by mulled wine, soft drinks and minced pies.

A Concert for christmas

Christ Church Centre URC Henley

SLEIGH: Jessica Vosk’s title says it all. Inspired by her 2024 holiday album of the same name, this show is the ultimate festive extravaganza—a dazzling, high-energy celebration you won’t want to miss. 

Expect a wide emotional range, from the riotous hilarity of “The Twelve Gays of Christmas” to heartwarming holiday classics that stir nostalgia and cheer.

Jessica Vosk: SLEIGH

Berklee College of Music

Christmas comes but once a year and here in Chelsea, there’s only one way to celebrate. The RPO’s annual Christmas Cracker is as much a part of the season as mulled wine, Elf on the Shelf and the King’s Road window displays! So join us in the festive splendour of Cadogan Hall for a real feast of Yuletide music, old and new. There’ll be well-loved songs, seasonal classics and a stocking full of tunes for the whole family, as conductor Stephen Bell and star vocalists Juliette Crosbie and Matt Ford launch the celebrations with a swing. And it’s all gift-wrapped by the luxurious symphonic sound of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – go on, treat yourself.

Christmas Cracker

Cadogan Hall 

Christmas comes but once a year and here in Chelsea, there’s only one way to celebrate. The RPO’s annual Christmas Cracker is as much a part of the season as mulled wine, Elf on the Shelf and the King’s Road window displays!

Join us in the festive splendour of Cadogan Hall for a real feast of Yuletide music, old and new. There’ll be well-loved songs, seasonal classics and a stocking full of tunes for the whole family, as conductor Stephen Bell and star vocalists Juliette Crosbie and Matt Ford launch the celebrations with a swing.

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Christmas Cracker 2025

A cosy, starlit evening of the most beautiful Christmas music! Bring the whole family for a festive concert featuring the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra’s brass ensemble, choirs and soloists.

Family concert: Children’s Christmas Celebration

Göteborgs Symfoniker

At Greeley’s favorite holiday tradition, your Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra, Greeley Chorale, and Greeley Children's Chorale again take the stage in the poinsettia-adorned Monfort Concert Hall! Start the evening with the Magic Baton Melody Contest celebrating our winning Greeley-Evans School District 6 middle school student composer. Then, get in the holiday spirit with familiar tunes including “Deck the Halls,” “Silent Night,” “Jingle Bells,” and “Sleigh Ride.” This concert also features selections from Respighi’s La Boutique Fantastique Suite, a ballet about a magical toyshop. Sure to have you singing all the way home, the concert “wraps” up with the orchestra and choir performing “Angels We Have Heard on High,” arranged by Mack Wilberg. Join us for the final night of the Festival of Trees!

Union Colony Civic Center

A Fort Smith tradition is back for 2025. This family-friendly concert features holiday classics such as The Nutcracker and Sleigh Ride, as well new favorites to kick off the holiday season, featuring vocalists Emily Drennan & Patti Drennan.

I’ll Be Home for Christmas

ArcBest Performing Arts Center

Celebrate December with the VSO’s festive music at the Flynn and a visit from Santa! Join Music Director Andrew Crust, guest singers, and your Vermont Symphony Orchestra for a concert that delivers a joyful mood for the season. Enjoy favorites like Sleigh Ride and selections from The Nutcracker, a new commission by Vermont composer Michael Schachter inspired by a Jewish folktale, a rousing audience holiday sing-a-long, a musical reading of selections from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, and more!

VSO: Holiday Pops

The Flynn

Celebrate December with the VSO’s festive music and a visit from Santa! Join Music Director Andrew Crust, guest singers, and your Vermont Symphony Orchestra for a concert that delivers a joyful mood for the season. Enjoy favorites like Sleigh Ride and selections from The Nutcracker, a new commission by Vermont composer Michael Schachter inspired by a Jewish folktale, a rousing audience holiday sing-a-long, a musical reading of selections from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, and more!

Holiday Pops – Barre

Barre Opera House

Paramount Theatre, VT

Come and enjoy an atmospheric Christmas concert where the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra meets over 100 choir singers from the Music Classes at Hagaskolan.

Christmas with Music classes

Join us for a festive family concert featuring winter-themed musical stories from around the globe.

Festive Fables

The Salvation Army Scarborough Citadel Community Church

York Symphony Orchestra and Chorus kicks off your holiday season. Our favorite annual concert Holiday Pops Spectacular packs the theatre with holiday cheer. It’s truly a Wonderful Life! The Greater York Youth Ballet of Dance It Forward performs the magical Nutcracker ballet to perfect your evening.

Holiday Pops Spectacular

Appell Center for the Performing Arts

Made in Vermont with The Moth Radio Hour

Bellows Falls Opera House

Southern Vermont Arts Center

Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center

Experience an evening of musical joy and humor with the Allentown Symphony Orchestra! The concert opens with Beethoven’s playful “Rage over a Lost Penny,” Haydn’s delightful “Surprise Symphony,” and the whimsical rhythms of Anderson’s “The Typewriter.” Composer-in-Residence Clarice Assad, joined by 3rd Coast Percussion Ensemble, brings energy and innovation with her percussion concerto Play!

Beethoven’s 8th

Miller Symphony Hall

Experience the sounds and sights of Ireland with the full chamber orchestra at our Mainstage series. Featuring Liz Knowles, fiddle; Kieran O’Hare, Uilleann pipes; and more.

The Soul of Ireland

School for Creative and Performing Arts

The BPO presents a free, outdoor concert at Niawanda Park in Tonawanda.

Niawanda Park

The BPO presents a free, outdoor concert at Academy Park in Lewiston.

Academy Park, Lewiston

Academy Park

Join your Colorado Symphony for a musical evening under the stars at the Arvada Center Outdoor Amphitheater in this tribute to Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops.

A Tribute to Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops

Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities

The BPO presents a free, outdoor performance at Bidwell Parkway featuring music from our upcoming 2025-26 season.

Bidwell Parkway

Bidwell Park

Concert will feature Weijun Wang (piano), winner of the RPL’s 2024 Young Artist Auditions.

Spring Around the Town Concert

Churchville-Chili Senior High School

Spend the morning with a young boy, his grandfather, and a meadow full of animal characters in Prokofiev’s time-honored family favorite, Peter and The Wolf. Follow along as Peter, humorous hunters, and his animal friends give the wily wolf his just desserts.

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Events

Upcoming events

Dec 1, 2026

Sleigh Bell & Symphony: A Holiday Classic · Alabama Symphony Orchestra

Dec 5, 2026

The Roaring Holidays · Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra

Dec 6, 2026

Sleigh Ride · Sault Symphony Orchestra

19 - 20 Dec, 2026

Holiday Brass · Des Moines Symphony

Past events

May 10, 2026

HCO 2025-26 Season Concert 5 · Heights Chamber Orchestra

May 3, 2026

Coffee Concert No. 4 "Oh, my goodness!" · Jenaer Philharmonie

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