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Swing Dancing in Los Angeles, Pasadena, and all around Southern California!! Join us for lessons, dances, workshops, and more! W elcome to our Video Gallery! We'll be putting more swing dancing, lindy hop, and other dance videos and movie clips up here! NOTE: Each clip has two versions to accomodate different internet connection speeds: LO Quality (100 kbps to 128 kbps) and HI Quality (300 kbps to 400 kbps). The file size for each clip is given below the image for that clip. All clips are in wmv format (Windows Media Video). Enjoy! NEW: Since many users now prefer MP4 since it can be played on all computers and is used with iTunes, iPhone, iPod, etc.. I have uploaded new clips with "Super Hi" resolution in mp4 format. These clips are going to be 20 to 40 mb in size so I highly recommend downloading first and then enjoying local playback on your computer or device. Thanks!! NOTE FOR MAC USERS: Download VLC video player. It's free and it plays just about every type of video file you can think of (flv, avi, wmv). Also, you can download Windows Media Player for the Mac to watch .wmv files! VLC download for MAC Windows Media Player download for MAC   Categories: Newly Added Our Contests/Performances Movie and Television Clips Other Dancing Clips Miscellaneous Clips Our Wedding Highlight Video List of Other Sites with Video Clips We Teach!     Recently Added One2Swing Jitterbugs: 2008 NJC/Camp Hollywood Team Division Our "Kung Fu Fighting/Bugle Call Rag" routine from National Jitterbug Championships 2008 Team Division. We had fun with this one and won second place! LO n/a SUPERHI 49.0 MB (mp4) One2Swing's The California Rolls: 2008 NJC/Camp Hollywood Division Our "Swing The Scales" routine from National Jitterbug Championships 2008 Team Division. This is the first place winner at NJC 2008 ! LO n/a SUPERHI 37.0 MB (mp4) One2Swing's The California Rolls: 2008 ALHC Team Division Our "Swing The Scales" routine from the American Lindy Hop Championships 2008. Second place! LO n/a SUPERHI 25.0 MB (mp4) One2Swing's The California Rolls: Frankie 95 Performance Our "Swing The Scales" routine performed at Frankie 95. We were very honored to be on the list of performers at the event of the century, Frankie Manning's 95th birthday celebration. He is an inspiration to all of us with his love, energy, and enthusiasm and our hope is to carry that love of Lindy Hop through us. Thank you Frankie 95 organizers! LO n/a SUPERHI 37.0 MB (mp4) One2Swing Jitterbugs: LindyGroove Performance "Ain't She Sweet" Our performance of "Ain't She Sweet" with eight couples at LindyGroove in February of 2009. The official "debut" performance with our new members for 2009! Don't forget to watch until the end for a little something extra. LO n/a SUPERHI 17.0 MB (mp4) One2Swing Jitterbugs: 2009 NJC/Camp Hollywood Team Division This is our "All The Cats Join In/Traffic Jam" routine from the National Jitterbug Championships. We won first with this routine. This is the showy routine and of course we had a lot of fun with it! This routine has two main inspirations: the first is of course the cartoon "All The Cats Join In" from Disney's "Make Mine Music". The second was the team themselves. On the way home from practice they were held up at the train tracks by a "never-ending train" and decided to get out of the car and start dancing. LO n/a SUPERHI 32.0 MB (mp4) One2Swing's The California Rolls: 2009 NJC/Camp Hollywood Team Division This is our "Love Me Or Leave Me" routine from the National Jitterbug Championships. We won second with this routine. "Love Me Or Leave Me" the song has different moods from relaxed to classical to intricate to jubilant and our hope is to showcase the same emotions in our dancing as the routine goes on. Inspired by Minnie's Moochers. They are the originals who are to this day still an inspiration. LO n/a SUPERHI 35.0 MB (mp4) Our Contests/Performances (Least Recent to Most Recent): 2000 Jitterbug Jam: Open Couples This was our first ever contest. It was the "Open" division (versus the "Advanced" division). This is our spotlight dance. We won first! LO 1.5 MB HI 5.2 MB 2000 ALHC: American Showcase The American Lindy Hop Championships 2000 was our third ever contest. Our goal was to qualify (top 20). We ended up winning third! Here's our spotlight dance. Ben was nervous and forgot to do any swingouts (came close a few times) www - ALHC Home Page LO (n/a) HI 5.0 MB 2000 World Lindy Championships: Slow Round Talk about swinging for the fences - in our fourth contest we found ourselves at the 2000 World Lindy Hop Championships in Munich, Germany. This is the slow round (improvised) and a big reason why Ben really really likes this song. www - read our two emails we sent from Germany during the competition (long but humorous) LO 3.0 MB HI 6.8 MB 2000 World Lindy Championships: Fast Round Here is the fast round (choreographed) from the 2000 World Lindy Hop Championships in Munich, Germany. We found out three weeks prior that we were supposed to choreograph something - and we were like "huh? what? how do we do that?" (we were newbies!) so this is our first venture into choreography. www - read our two emails we sent from Germany during the competition (long but humorous) LO 3.0 MB HI 6.8 MB 2001 Holiday Party Performance This routine was choreographed for the National Jitterbug Championships 2001 Lindy Showcase (we won 3rd place) and has become our "performance" routine for any gigs we do. This is the best video capture of it we have. www - Camp Hollywood/NJC Home Page LO 2.8 MB HI 9.9 MB 2004 Northeast Championships Lindy Showcase Ben grew up watching and loving the movie Singin' In The Rain. This routine was choreographed in tribute to Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor and one of his favorite scenes: "Moses Supposes" (watch the original movie clip here). This performance is from Beantown 2004 Showcase division. Thanks to Jenny Kim for shooting this! www - Beantown Home Page LO 3.5 MB HI 8.1 MB 2004 ALHC New England Regional Qualifier Heat 1 (Slow) Top 3 in contest qualify for the American Lindy Hop Championships 2004 American Showcase. The qualifier is run in two heats with songs chosen by the DJ and promoters (improvised contest). Thanks to Jenny Kim again for shooting the footage! We've had a few requests for the song title in the clip. It's "Shufflin and Rollin" by Buddy Johnson on the album "Walk 'Em:Decca Sessions". Thanks to Jesse Miner for the info!. www - Beantown Home Page www - Amazon link to "Walk 'Em:Decca Sessions" album.   Heat 1 LO 2.6 MB HI 6.2 MB 2004 ALHC New England Regional Qualifier Heat 2 (Fast) www - Beantown Home Page   Heat 2 LO 2.6 MB HI 6.2 MB 2004 National Jitterbug Championships Showcase Our "Moses Supposes" routine at the 2004 National Jitterbug Championships a.k.a. Camp Hollywood. www - Camp Hollywood Home Page LO 4.5 MB HI 9.9 MB 2004 ALHC Slow Round (improvised) This is our slow round (improvised) at the 2004 American Lindy Hop Championships. www - American Lindy Hop Championships LO 2.2 MB HI 5.0 MB 2005 Northeast Championships Lindy Showcase Speaking of my new fascination for "Footloose", here is the debut of our "Footloose" routine from Beantown 2005 (Thanks to Sukkid for shooting this!) We also competed with this routine at the National Jitterbug Championships 2005 and won first place in the Lindy Showcase. Hope you enjoy it and look sharp for a few homages to the original "Footloose" movie. LO 2.7 MB HI 6.1 MB 2005 National Jitterbug Championships Showcase Our "Footloose" routine at the 2005 National Jitterbug Championships a.k.a. Camp Hollywood. www - Camp Hollywood Home Page LO 3.7 MB HI 8.5 MB 2005 Swingin' New England Invitational Lindy Just having some fun . And by the way Swingin' New England was a really fun mixed event (mixed = West Coast Swing and Lindy). How can you not like a dance promoter who dresses up as a cow for one of the events? article - one2swing daily article about musicality featuring breakdown of this clip www - Swingin' New England LO 2.7 MB HI 6.1 MB 2005 Swingin' New England Strictly Balboa Swingin' New England Strictly Balboa. Three heats (medium-fast, slow, medium-faster). This is the third heat. Check out Sheri fluffing my hair right before we start. She's my hair and makeup person www - Swingin' New England LO 2.2 MB HI 5.1 MB 2006 Ben and Sheri in Florida We did an impromptu demo at the UCF dance to promote our workshop the next day. Lighting is kind of bad but hey the action is good! (though Ben wishes he could still do the splits) LO 2.9 MB HI 6.7 MB 2006 Northeast Championships Balboa Our (improvised) spotlight dance in the Balboa contest. The song is not known until it is actually played. www - Beantown website LO 2.7 MB HI 3.8 MB 2006 Northeast Championships Strictly Lindy: Song #1 First song (medium speed) in the Strictly Lindy contest. Dance is improvised and we don't know the song until it is actually played. www - Beantown website LO 2.0 MB HI 6.5 MB 2006 Northeast Championships Strictly Lindy: Song #2 Second song (faster speed) in the Strictly Lindy contest. One of my favorite songs: "Swingtime in the Rockies". Dance is improvised and we don't know the song until it is actually played. www - Beantown website LO 2.0 MB HI 6.5 MB 2006 National Jitterbug Championships Showcase Ben partnered with Debbie Gitt for the 2006 National Jitterbug Championships Showcase this year with showstopping results! www - Camp Hollywood/National Jitterbug Championships LO 3.7 MB HI 8.4 MB 2006 Dance Family Studio Holiday Party Our performance at the 2006 Dance Family Studio Holiday Party (12/15/06). This is Carol Fraser's VS3 "Flying Home" routine with a few added touches from us for solo performances. Thank you to Michelle for the video clip! www - We teach lessons every Wednesday at the Dance Family Studio LO 3.3 MB HI 7.5 MB Movie and Television Clips: Singin' In The Rain: Moses Supposes Ben grew up watching and loving this movie and has since gotten Sheri hooked as well (she quotes Lina Lamont a lot now!). The "Moses Supposes" number is Ben's favorite dance number from the movie (which was the inspiration of our own Moses Supposes showcase routine). Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor are simply fabulous in the scene. So sit back and enjoy the two masters at work! LO 3.9 MB HI 9.3 MB Maharaja The Maharaja clip is a popular one with many Southern California dancers. Hal and Betty do a lot of moves in these clips which you will often see done by many of today's So.Cal swing dancers. By the way, you can still see Hal and his wife Marge in action - they ran Bobby Mcgees the 2nd and 4th Sunday every month! LO 3.5 MB HI 8.0 MB 1982 Dance Party at Bobby Mcgees 1982 Dance Party at Bobby Mcgee's with a lot of legends of Balboa and Lindy. Includes narration by Dean Collins himself! By the way, the masters are still out there on the 2nd and 4th Sundays each month at Bobby Mcgees! LO 3.1 MB HI 7.0 MB A Day At The Races From the popular Marx brothers movie comes this clip which many Lindy Hoppers have identified as their favorite Lindy clip. Though Frankie Manning choreographed the number, he did not appear in the film. Also starring singer Ivie Anderson. LO 1.6 MB HI 5.5 MB Hellzapoppin! The most identifiable and popular Lindy clip, this is a scene from the 1941 Olsen and Johnson movie "Hellzapoppin" featuring Whitey's Lindy Hoppers: William Downes, Mickey Jones, Billy Ricker, Norma Miller, Al Minns, Willa Mae Ricker, Frankie Manning, and Ann Johnson buy it - buy "Hellzapoppin" from TheVideoBeat LO 1.9 MB HI 6.5 MB Let's Make Music! One of the most influential Lindy Hoppers of all time, Dean Collins was known for many techniques used by today's modern Lindy Hoppers including the "whip" and also fancy footwork and kick ball changes in the Lindy Basic. Here is a clip of Dean dancing with Bertha Lee. LO n/a HI 3.6 MB Lucky Numbers This is an excerpt from a 1992 documentary "We Sing and We Dance" about the incomparable Nicholas Brothers: Fayard Nicholas and the late Harold Nicholas. Besides the incredible partner chemistry and performance technique, they're just plain captivating! www - The Official Nicholas Brothers website LO 2.7 MB HI 6.1 MB Other Dancing Clips (us, others, etc.): Can't Top The Lindy Hop (1994) One of the greatest and most well known modern Lindy Hop clips. Featuring the Rhythm Hot Shots. LO 3.5 MB HI 8.2 MB 2007 June Third Saturday Swing Highlight Video Highlight video from our June 2007 Third Saturday Swing dance. Yes, the main reason for us to hold dances is so I can make more videos! www - details about our Third Saturday Swing Dance (every third Saturday of the month) LO (n/a) HI 6.0 MB 2007: Ben and Evita and Dance Manhattan Candid social dance clip of Ben and Evita dancing during a workshop break. LO (n/a) HI 4.4 MB 2000 Memories Balboa Contest: Sam and Barbara One of our favorite couples: Sam and Barbara doing some Bal-Swing at the old Memories in April 2000. www - Memories Night Club LO 1.8 MB HI 4.1 MB 2004 World Lindy Championships Jam An energetic jam circle at the 2004 World Lindy Hop Championships in Toulouse, France. Why we like this clip: not a lot of fancy tricks (almost all swingouts and swivels) but everyone was so into the jam that the feeling of energy and fun came right through the camera.a www - photo of Ben, Barbl, and crowd at jam's end LO 3.1 MB HI 7.1 MB 2004 World Lindy Championships Outdoor Jam Another energetic and comical jam from WLHC 2004 - featuring two of Ben's favorite jam moments: Geraldine surprising Fabrice in the jam by leaving him in the dust followed by Sheri's inability to find a jam partner as all the guys run from her (the look on her face is priceless as she hams it up!) LO 1.4 MB HI 3.5 MB 2006 Beantown: Steven and Virginie's Class We're practicing a few patterns learned in Steven and Virginie's class plus our own special "Ben and Sheri" ending as Steven walks by (wish we recorded the look on his face!). Thanks Jenny our videographer! www.beantowncamp.com - visit Beantown's website LO (n/a) HI 2.6 MB 2006 Universal Studios Holiday Trolley Swing Show Universal Studios 2006 Holiday Trolley Swing Show. Choreographer: Mark Esposito, Assistant Choreographers: Ben and Sheri . Good times working with such an energetic and enthusiastic group! Go check out the show: every weekend through December near the Blues Brothers Stage. www - Universal Studios Hollywood Theme Park LO 4.1 MB HI 9.3 MB 2006 Sving Du Nord Performance Class This is the result of our 2.5 hour advanced performance class we taught at Sving Du Nord 2006. Not bad for a few hours! www - TC Swing: Sving Du Nord Organizers LO 3.7 MB HI 7.7 MB 2006 Beantown Teacher Jam Some of the teachers getting together for a performance at the 2006 Beantown teacher showcase night. www - The Official Beantown Camp Web Site LO 2.8 MB HI 6.4 MB 2006 LindyGroove Groundhog Day: Ben and Debbie Ben and Debbie performing "Runaround Sue" at the LindyGroove 2006 Groundhog Day Extravaganza. www - LindyGroove Web Site LO 3.0 MB HI 6.0 MB 2006 LindyGroove Ground Hog Day: Varsity Swing 3 Varsity Swing 3 performing at the LindyGroove 2006 Groundhog Day Extravaganza. Dancers are Ben and Sheri Yau, Dave Graybill and Carol Fraser, and Patrick Fredrickson and Debbie Gitt. www - LindyGroove Web Site www - Varsity Swing Web Site LO 3.0 MB HI 6.4 MB 2005 Beantown: Social Dancing Clip Candid social dancing (20's Charleston and Balboa). www.beantowncamp.com - visit Beantown's website LO (n/a) HI 3.7 MB 2005 Cancer Dance-A-Thon: Hip Hop Lindy Tail end of us doing some hip hop lindy. This was shot by Angel at the 24 Hour Cancer Dance-A-Thon from Nov 2005. Though we lost a bit of groove at the end when the DJ was fading the song in and out (to censor the swear words), at least we got that kickass tandem cabbage patch in. Word. LO (n/a) HI 2.5 MB 2004: Candid social dancing footage in Raleigh, NC. This was shot 4/2004 by Chris Owens while we were dancing at the TSDS Armory Dance. The Raleigh, NC people rock! Check out Sheri's crazy feet at the end of the clip www - Heckzapoppin: The Raleigh Discussion Board LO (n/a) HI 6.6 MB 2004: More Candid social dancing footage in Raleigh, NC. a little loopy, a little tired ... but that doesn't stop sheri does it? LO (n/a) HI 4.6 MB 2003 US Open: Swingalings Team Champions One of my favorite team routines. The Swingalings (Raleigh, NC) won ALHC 2003 Team and US Open 2003 Team. LO (n/a) HI 9.5 MB 2007 Ben and Sheri Demo @ Dance Manhattan We did a demo at George Gee's Birthday Bash at Dance Manhattan on 3/30/2007. DJ Andrew D'Angelo picked out three songs for us to improvise too (and yup Sheri knows how to shake her booty to all three - she's a versatile booty shaker!). Big thanks to Will for recording and sending to us! www - Dance Manhattan website LO 4.0 MB HI 9.0 MB 2003: Our Wedding Performance As a treat for ourselves and our guests, we did a performance (first one in almost two years). Choreographed to be performed after a long wedding day (with cleverly disguised rest stops), this is the one that got us thinking about competing again. LO 4.0 MB HI 13.7 MB Latin / Ballroom Jive An example of Latin / Ballroom Jive (a bit different than American Ballroom East Coast Swing - more kicks). LO 876 KB HI n/a Miscellaneous Clips (us, others, etc.): 2007: Ben learning to do a front handspring Dedicated to Grace, Jim, and little Skylar LO (n/a) HI 8.6 MB 2007 Swing Summit: Teachers Relieving Stress Ever wonder what we talk about during lunch? www.suburbanswing.com/swing_summit.htm - visit Swing Summit's website LO 1.8 MB HI 4.7 MB 2007 Seattle: Hasse Learns The Mambo Post Swing Summit 2007, hanging out in Seattle and Hasse decides to demonstrate his versatile dancing skills. www.hasseandmarie.com - visit Hasse and Marie's website LO 1.3 MB HI 5.1 MB 2006 Beantown Broadway Night: Little Benji Writes A Letter Said by many (or said many times by one?) to be the favorite act from the Beantown 2006 "Broadway Night". A bit topical with some 2006 Beantown inside jokes and enjoyable nevertheless. By the way, yes it was Little Benji's "first" Beantown ... not to be confused with us (Ben and Sheri) as this was our third year back to Beantown - we were very happy to be back. But yeah, just wanted to clarify that. www - Beantown Home Page LO 5.6 MB HI 12.8 MB (with subtitles) LO 5.6 MB HI 12.8 MB 2006 Beantown: Tape Joel! We (me, Sheri, and Jenny) have been to Beantown three years straight now -- ah the memories. Like trying to distract Joel Domoe and Melanie Myers while they are dancing. Just don't trust Jenny Kim to be your videographer when you are recording "class notes". www.beantowncamp.com - visit Beantown's website LO (n/a) HI 0.6 MB 2004 Beantown Broadway Night: Final Frame Beantown Bowling Championship Performed at the Beantown 2004 "Broadway Night" talent show with Brian Begun, Gina Burke, and Ben Yau www - Beantown Home Page LO (n/a) HI 4.3 MB 'Shagging Tiger, Balboa Dragon', the Movie From Camp Hollywood 2001 and the minds of Erik Robison and Christian Thompson comes 'Shagging Tiger, Balboa Dragon'. Remember to ignore the man in black! LO 3.2 MB HI 11.0 MB Will and Grace with Gregory Hines A few years before his passing away, Gregory Hines shined in a recurring role on "Will and Grace". One favorite episode sees Jack and Ben (Hines) one-upping each other all night. Here is the memorable culmination of their competition. LO 3.3 MB HI (n/a) Will and Grace with Kevin Bacon Here's a neat clip (I'm having fond attachments to "Footloose" these days). Here's the hysterical conclusion of the "Kevin Bacon Stalker" episode of "Will and Grace". Jack has been stalking Kevin Bacon but when caught he points to Will as the stalker. At which point we learn that Kevin all along wanted to meet his stalker and talk with him. LO 2.8 MB HI (n/a) The Fresh Prince: Apache Dance One of my favorite dance clips from television. It's Will The Thrill and Boogaloo Shrimp! And the announcer is even hilarious! Song is Sugarhill Gang's "Apache" LO (n/a) HI 3.5 MB Potential New Hip Hop Teacher Check out this quick clip. It's a short hip-hop routine but he throws in some jazz steps also (I saw "Spank The Baby", "Boogie Forwards", and one "Shorty George"). Awesome (but he's probably a bit expensive). LO (n/a) HI 1.5 MB Our Wedding Videos: a.k.a. Five Rules for a Happy Wedding Ben took all the raw footage of our wedding and edited together a fifteen minute highlight wedding video. It's split into its five separate parts and definitely engages Ben's ..er.... "interesting" sense of humor. Please check it out and let us know what you think! Also in this section: Our Engagement Video (the "Grease" mini-movie) as well as a photo slideshow shown at our reception (with a small bit of swing dancing blooper footage). Enjoy! Part 1: Pre-Ceremony Edited to the beautifully flowing "Theme To Forrest Gump" (or as Sheri calls it: "The Feather Song". LO (n/a) HI 6.5 MB Part 2: Pre-Ceremony II Edited to the beautifully flowing frantic nervewracking "William Tell Overture". Known in various bridal communities as the "It's not ALL so serene" clip. Contained within are the almighty important Rules 1 and 2 for a Happy Wedding! LO (n/a) HI 7.4 MB Part 3: Ceremony To one of Ben's favorite songs: "A Whole New World". Usually referred to as the "ahh beautiful ceremony" clip. Referred to in lesser known machismo communities as the "Hey wait .. is he crying?" clip. LO (n/a) HI 8.4 MB Part 4: Reception To "I'm a Believer" (or "Hey it's the Shrek Song"). Also known as: "WHAT did she just say?". Contained within are the almighty important Rules 3, 4, and 5 for a Happy Wedding . LO (n/a) HI 10.6 MB Part 5: Ending Credits Sing me another one Frank: "The Way You Look Tonight". LO (n/a) HI 8.2 MB A mini-'Grease' movie/video Shown at our wedding reception, starring our wedding party and friends! LO 4.0 MB HI 14.0 MB A photo-slideshow of us Shown at our wedding reception. Pics of us growing up, and watch for the "behind-the-scenes" swing dancing footage (towards the end)! LO (n/a) HI 7.0 MB 2003: Our First Dance From our 5/3/2003 wedding, we wanted something special and a bit different, thus the "Waltz/Swing" idea. Song is "It Had To Be You" and arranged by groomsmen Gary Fukushima. LO 2.8 MB HI 9.8 MB 2003: Eight Ben and Sheri(s) Performance We had our group of swing dancing friends perform at our wedding (for the mostly non-swing dancing crowd). The Hawaiian shirts were an homage to us (that's what we often wore when competing). Thanks to Jason Taylor, Jenny Kim, Doug Silton, Debbie Gitt, Gabe and Angie Winkler, Noe Vega, and Sarah Oesch! LO (n/a) HI 9.8 MB List of Other Sites with Video Clips: Below we have listed Ben's favorite sites to download videos from. All the sites below have a large number of clips (modern, vintage, or both). iDance.net: Ben and Sheri's Clips: Our online instructional clips from iDance. iDance.net: Great collection of move clips submitted by a large variety of teachers. Heckzapoppin: North Carolina Swing Dance Forum. After you register, check out the swing resources area for a large number of video clips. Dr. Ron Weinstein's Video Clips: A popular chiropracter in the swing dance scene, Dr. Weinstein has put online his collection of jam material which he has personally filmed. Check them out! LindyHop.Com: Excellent resource website containing a large collection of donated clips. Balboa Nation: Awesome resource for Balboa information. They have three categories of clips: modern, vintage, and demos. And definitely check this one out: Eiran Z. Gorodeski: A swing dancer that lists an extensive booty of links to sites with video clips. Go here if you have a lot of hours to spend looking at clips because that's what you'll end up doing! We Teach! As you can probably tell from our site we definitely enjoy spreading our passion for swing dancing. We very much enjoy making our classes entertaining, fun, and of course educational. Online Video Lessons: via iDance.net. Ongoing Weekly Group Lessons: We teach Lindy Hop Levels I and II and Balboa I/IA (Ben and Tise) in Pasadena. Private Lessons: We teach private lessons generally one night a week and occasionally on the weekend (if schedule allows). Swing Dance Workshops: We will occasionally teach and/or promote swing dance workshops. Book Us: Yes, we love to travel! Contact us to book us for teaching a workshop in your area! FOR ALYSS  Subscribe To Our Mailing List:      Get updates on where we will be teaching, other events, and lots more!

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