Saturday, July 1, 2017
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Videos From Swingapalooza
Videos from Swingapalooza, including several of your new regional WCS finalists, Joshua Orsak and Lauren Simmons!
Thursday, June 15, 2017
Studio Events for the Month of July
Group Classes– Wednesdays- 3:30-4:30
(kids class), 4:30-5:30 PM for $25/class & most Sundays 3:45-4:30 PM,
$15/class. DANCE CAMP is 7/17-7/21 & 7/31-8/4, 12:30-3:30 PM.
Special
Group Class with a top-level instructor is Monday, July 10th 7:15-8:00
PM. $25 per person.
Private Lessons- By appointment,
$60/45-minute session with Joshua and Lauren. Private Lesson Special Monday
July 10th, 1-6 PM, $25/30-minute lesson (spots limited). Time & date
subject to change.
Outings- Mainland Ballroom
Dance July 8th, 7-9 PM. Country dance outing TBA.
WE DO WEDDINGS
& SOME CHOREOGRAPHY! CONTACT US FOR DETAILS. DISCOUNT PACKAGES CAN BE PUT
TOGETHER TO MEET YOUR NEEDS.
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Today and Sunday
We have group classes 3:30-4:30 and 4:30-5:30 today, $25 each unless you have pre-paid. Remember that there are NO DANCE CLASSES either private or group on Sunday, as we will be at a competition.
Please note that we have the $125 week-long dance event next week. As many group classes as you can handle for that price. I've heard from several of you wanting to do that, if you do, please let me know and get me the money ASAP.
Peace and Blessings
Joshua Orsak
Joshua Orsak
Thursday, June 8, 2017
RAW Fox Story On Humpday Dance- Features Students & Instructors
http://www.fox26houston.com/news/259935996-story
You will see Joshua Orsak interviewed with Lauren Simmons, our own Kovi Vetter, Gerry Zidek and Jared Reeder featured, and Gerry, Kovi, Charlotte, Ansel Riccio, Joshua, Lauren, Jared and Kathryn Aitkens all dancing throughout the piece. Awesome!
You will see Joshua Orsak interviewed with Lauren Simmons, our own Kovi Vetter, Gerry Zidek and Jared Reeder featured, and Gerry, Kovi, Charlotte, Ansel Riccio, Joshua, Lauren, Jared and Kathryn Aitkens all dancing throughout the piece. Awesome!
IMPORTANT STUDIO INFORMATION
Events 6/11-6/15
SUNDAY- We have our Hustle & Foxtrot Class 3:45-4:30 PM. $15 unless you've pre-paid.
MONDAY- We have our discounted private lesson day 1-6 PM. $25 for 30 minutes. Contact me now to reserve your spot.
WEDNESDAY- We have two classes, now both open to all ages, 3:30-4:30 and 4:30-5:30 PM. $25 for one hour.
6/16-6/18 THERE ARE NO PRIVATE LESSONS AND NO GROUP CLASSES AS YOUR INSTRUCTORS ARE AT A COMPETITION THAT WEEKEND
Events 6/19-6/25
MONDAY-FRIDAY we have a dance camp every day. If you want to join one of these days individually, it is only $50 for three hours or $25 an hour. The entire week is $125. The week is as follows:
MONDAY- 12:30-3:30 PM- Rumba Basics, Cha-Cha Basics, Triple Step Swing Basics
TUESDAY- 12:30-3:30 PM- Rumba (Crossover and Fifth Position Breaks), Cha-Cha (Crossover and Fifth Position Breaks), Triple Step Swing (Intermediate Steps)
WEDNESDAY- 12:30-3:30 PM- Outing To Hometown Heroes Park, Group Class 3:30-4:30 (Triple Step Swing & Foxtrot), Group Class 4:30-5:30 PM (Country Dancing Techniques)
THURSDAY- 12:30-3:30 PM- Rumba (Cuban Walk Variations), Cha-Cha (Cradle Variations), Triple Step Swing (Tuck Turns)
FRIDAY- 12:30-3:30 PM- Salsa Basics, West Coast Swing Basics, Merengue Basics, Bachata Basics
7-10 PM, 70s Dance Party @ The Gilruth, $10 at the door.
SUNDAY- Group Class 3:45-4:30 PM. $15. Hustle & Foxtrot
CONTACT JOSHUA ABOUT PURCHASING PACKAGES OF GROUP CLASSES AND PRIVATE LESSONS AT 832-477-4805 TODAY! WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY AS WE FIND A PACKAGE THAT FITS YOUR NEEDS.
SUNDAY- We have our Hustle & Foxtrot Class 3:45-4:30 PM. $15 unless you've pre-paid.
MONDAY- We have our discounted private lesson day 1-6 PM. $25 for 30 minutes. Contact me now to reserve your spot.
WEDNESDAY- We have two classes, now both open to all ages, 3:30-4:30 and 4:30-5:30 PM. $25 for one hour.
6/16-6/18 THERE ARE NO PRIVATE LESSONS AND NO GROUP CLASSES AS YOUR INSTRUCTORS ARE AT A COMPETITION THAT WEEKEND
Events 6/19-6/25
MONDAY-FRIDAY we have a dance camp every day. If you want to join one of these days individually, it is only $50 for three hours or $25 an hour. The entire week is $125. The week is as follows:
MONDAY- 12:30-3:30 PM- Rumba Basics, Cha-Cha Basics, Triple Step Swing Basics
TUESDAY- 12:30-3:30 PM- Rumba (Crossover and Fifth Position Breaks), Cha-Cha (Crossover and Fifth Position Breaks), Triple Step Swing (Intermediate Steps)
WEDNESDAY- 12:30-3:30 PM- Outing To Hometown Heroes Park, Group Class 3:30-4:30 (Triple Step Swing & Foxtrot), Group Class 4:30-5:30 PM (Country Dancing Techniques)
THURSDAY- 12:30-3:30 PM- Rumba (Cuban Walk Variations), Cha-Cha (Cradle Variations), Triple Step Swing (Tuck Turns)
FRIDAY- 12:30-3:30 PM- Salsa Basics, West Coast Swing Basics, Merengue Basics, Bachata Basics
7-10 PM, 70s Dance Party @ The Gilruth, $10 at the door.
SUNDAY- Group Class 3:45-4:30 PM. $15. Hustle & Foxtrot
CONTACT JOSHUA ABOUT PURCHASING PACKAGES OF GROUP CLASSES AND PRIVATE LESSONS AT 832-477-4805 TODAY! WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY AS WE FIND A PACKAGE THAT FITS YOUR NEEDS.
Monday, May 29, 2017
Friday, May 26, 2017
Dance Studio Info For Next Week (Important) & Reminders About June
We will have group classes this Sunday and next Sunday (May 28th and June 4th) but there will be NO group classes on Wednesday at all, and we will have NO private lesson spots available May 29th-June 3rd due to vacations.
Wednesday classes start up again June 7th. The kids' class is 3:30-4:30 and the all ages class is 4:30-5:30 PM. Every Wednesday in June we have classes as well as every Sunday except June 18th, while we're at comp. Private lessons are available throughout the month.
There is also the camp June 19-23, 12:30-3:30 PM. In June the camp covers rhythm dances (rumba, cha-cha, swing, hustle).
If you have any questions feel free to call or text me at 832-477-4805 but be aware that I will be unable to respond between May 29th and June 3rd but leave messages and I will respond later.
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Sunday, May 14, 2017
Studio Info & Schedule For The Month of June
June Info & Schedule
Lauren Simmons’ Dance Studio is a concept studio run by instructor
Lauren Simmons & student teacher Joshua Orsak.
Group Classes– Wednesdays- 3:30-4:30 (kids class), 4:30-5:30 PM for $25/class & most
Sundays 3:45-4:30 PM, $15/class. DANCE CAMP is 6/19-6/23, 12:30-3:30 PM
Private Lessons- By appointment, $60/45-minute session with Joshua and Lauren
Private Lesson Special– Monday June 12th, 1-6 PM, $25/30-minute lesson (spots limited). Time
& date subject to change.
Outings- 70’s themed costume and dance
party at the Gilruth, Friday June 23rd 7-10 PM
Studio Hiatus- There will be NO group classes and NO private lessons 6/15-6/19 due to teachers’
attending a competition. The studio resumes operation on 6/20.
Scholarships available. For
more info contact Joshua at 832-477-4805 or LJTSG@yahoo.com
Friday, May 12, 2017
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Sunday, May 7, 2017
18 and Older Students Invited To Big Texas this Friday
We are adding an outing after the Friday Group Class 7:15-9:00 PM. We hope you can join us.
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
Monday, May 1, 2017
Happening This Week
This week at Lauren Simmons' Dance Studio:
Wednesday we are running the Hump Day Dance, 1-3:30 PM at Hometown Heroes Park, we'd love to see you all there.
We are planning a dance outing on Saturday to Hometown Heroes Park as well 7-9 PM, come if you can.
Sunday we begin our Hustle & Swing class 3:45-4:30 PM. $15/Person.
Wednesday we are running the Hump Day Dance, 1-3:30 PM at Hometown Heroes Park, we'd love to see you all there.
We are planning a dance outing on Saturday to Hometown Heroes Park as well 7-9 PM, come if you can.
Sunday we begin our Hustle & Swing class 3:45-4:30 PM. $15/Person.
Set List For Hump Day Dance 5-3-2017
Hump Day
Dance 5-3-2017
1)
“Can’t Feel My Face” by The
Weeknd- West Coast Swing
2)
“Vito’s Waltz” from GODFATHER
Soundtrack- Faster Waltz
3)
“Pennsylvania Polka”- Polka
4)
“Somebody That I Used to Know” by
Gotye- Rumba
5)
“All About That Bass” by
Postmodern Jukebox- Foxtrot
6)
“Back It Up” By Caro Emerald- Cha-Cha
or WCS
7)
“Neon Moon” by Brooks & Dunn- Rumba
8)
“Telephone” by Martynas- Tango
9)
“Everything” By Michael Buble- Rumba
10) “Can’t
Stop The Feeling” by Justin Timberlake- Cha-Cha or WCS
11) “Daughters”
by John Mayer- Faster Waltz
12) “Redneck
Woman” by Gretchen Wilson- Two-Step
13) “Santa
Maria” by the Gotan Project- Tango
14) “Come
Away With Me” by Norah Jones- Slow Waltz
15) “Quando,
Quando, Quando” by Michael Buble- Rumba
16) “For
Your Precious Love” by Otis Redding- Faster Waltz
17) “Why
Don’t You Do Right” by Sinead O’Connor- Foxtrot
18) “Neville’s
Waltz” from the HARRY POTTER Soundtrack- Waltz
19) “Better
Life” by Keith Urban- Two-Step
20) “Breathe”
by Michelle Branch- Triple Step ECS
21) “Back
To Manhattan” By Norah Jones- Waltz
22) “Fever”
by Michael Buble- Foxtrot
23) “Bad
Boy Good Man” by Tape Five- Cha-Cha
24) “I’ll
Be Your Man” by the Black Keys- Triple Step ECS or WCS
25) “Seven
Nation Army” by The White Stripes- Tango
26) “September”
by Earth, Wind & Fire- Hustle
27) “Real
Good Man” By Tim McGraw-
Polka or Two-Step
29) “Killing
Me Softly” by Roberta Flak- Rumba
30) “If
I Didn’t Have You” by Billy Crystal & John Goodman- Foxtrot
31) “Everybody
Loves To Cha Cha Cha” by James Taylor- Rumba or Slow Cha-Cha
32) “Mean”
by Taylor Swift- Two-Step
33) “One
Call Away” by Charlie Puth- Rumba or WCS
34) “Shift
Work” by Kenney Chesney- Rumba
35)
“Dangerous” by Joyware- WCS
36)
“Tango” from Cirque Du Soleil- Tango
37) ‘Rosey’
by Delbert Miclinton- Foxtrot
38)
‘Devil’s Tale’ by Adrian Raso Et Al- Single Step ECS
39) ’Come
Dance With Me’ by Michael Bulbe- Cha-Cha
40) ‘Tacky’
by “Weird Al” Yankovic- Fast Rumba
41) “All
She Wants To Do Is Dance” by Don Henley- WCS
42) “Act
One: Ruby Baby”- Triple Step ECS
43) “I
Want You Back” by Jackson 5- WCS
Thursday, April 27, 2017
Some Self-Praise
https://www.dropbox.com/s/q7o3eo5w3717kcr/DSCN0187.MOV?dl=0
I'm pretty happy with this WCS. Its not where I want it to be, but its getting there. I'm looking forward to competing. But I'm happy with the relaxed style of my body, which is something I've been trying to master. But it's that tendency that hurt my hustle, which I posted before. Getting as good as you can at this dance while maintaining the other dances is tough. Very tough. But I think I'm doing alright.
I'm pretty happy with this WCS. Its not where I want it to be, but its getting there. I'm looking forward to competing. But I'm happy with the relaxed style of my body, which is something I've been trying to master. But it's that tendency that hurt my hustle, which I posted before. Getting as good as you can at this dance while maintaining the other dances is tough. Very tough. But I think I'm doing alright.
Some Self-Criticism
https://www.dropbox.com/s/s9f11judzy6sml0/DSCN0186.MOV?dl=0
This is a vid of Lauren & I doing a hustle. She looks great. I don't think this is my best, I've done the hustle better than this. It's not terrible, by any means, but not nearly my best. I need to be more straight in the hustle, and keep my head up more. I need to be more 'ballroom' if you will. I also need to make my back-rocks smaller. I'm going to try to post another vid soon with me improving on the problems I see here. I video to self-critique, get pointers from Lauren, and improve. It's an important part of the process, videoing, though it can be painful.
A caveat: some of the problems in this video are because I'm prepping for a west coast swing dance competition. WCS is very different from other dances, and a lot of what 'works' for WCS hurts in other dances like the hustle. The next post will be my WCS and I'll show what I mean.
This is a vid of Lauren & I doing a hustle. She looks great. I don't think this is my best, I've done the hustle better than this. It's not terrible, by any means, but not nearly my best. I need to be more straight in the hustle, and keep my head up more. I need to be more 'ballroom' if you will. I also need to make my back-rocks smaller. I'm going to try to post another vid soon with me improving on the problems I see here. I video to self-critique, get pointers from Lauren, and improve. It's an important part of the process, videoing, though it can be painful.
A caveat: some of the problems in this video are because I'm prepping for a west coast swing dance competition. WCS is very different from other dances, and a lot of what 'works' for WCS hurts in other dances like the hustle. The next post will be my WCS and I'll show what I mean.
Sunday's Group Class
We meet as per usual this Sunday 3:45-4:30 PM and finish up our Waltz & Country Waltz class. We will be focusing on country waltz as we didn't have any time for it last week. We will review what we've learned, and add cradles, neck cradles, and if we have time, cuddles. We will try to review ballroom waltz as well.
In May we will be doing the Hustle and Triple-Step Swing.
In May we will be doing the Hustle and Triple-Step Swing.
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Two Articles About Dancing
From my old blog http://ljtsg.blogspot.com
On Theology, Dancing & Teaching
My wife and I once performed a waltz to the
theme song from THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST.
It is such a powerful song, it was impossible to do this dance without thinking about the meaning behind it all: Christ's death, the sadness it represented but the joy it brought for all believers. I also gave my dance instructor Karina a note to give to her mother (who was visiting from Denmark) regarding all she has meant to my wife and I. Teaching is almost a spiritual communion isn't it? Not almost, it is a spiritual communion. You are giving someone else a part of yourself. Great teachers truly elevate their students. You have to love what you are teaching, love your students and have a very rare and powerful skill, which is the act of teaching itself. Great teachers are rare. You are lucky if you can count the number of truly great teachers you have on one hand. Karina is one of those for me.
It was all so perfect. The fact that I was doing this with my wife, who is so beautiful and means so much to me. Angelic is truly evidence of God's love for me. There was this moment when we were dancing together, with all I had been taught coming together, her next to me and the music touching my soul and it was like time stopped, and I stood on a mountain in the heights of eternity. I could literally stop that moment on the video and show you where it was, it is that clear to me. That is really what it was: a moment of clarity.
Transcendence, man, transcendence. Those 'signals' that Peter Berger talks about and that I wrote about in my apologetics project. It really is miraculous. A miracle is, in the end, simply a moment that brings you to faith.
I commend dancing to all my Christian brothers and sisters. It has a lot to commend it. I've certainly deepened my relationship with Jesus Christ through it. And it has helped my marriage, and it just is amazing.
It is such a powerful song, it was impossible to do this dance without thinking about the meaning behind it all: Christ's death, the sadness it represented but the joy it brought for all believers. I also gave my dance instructor Karina a note to give to her mother (who was visiting from Denmark) regarding all she has meant to my wife and I. Teaching is almost a spiritual communion isn't it? Not almost, it is a spiritual communion. You are giving someone else a part of yourself. Great teachers truly elevate their students. You have to love what you are teaching, love your students and have a very rare and powerful skill, which is the act of teaching itself. Great teachers are rare. You are lucky if you can count the number of truly great teachers you have on one hand. Karina is one of those for me.
It was all so perfect. The fact that I was doing this with my wife, who is so beautiful and means so much to me. Angelic is truly evidence of God's love for me. There was this moment when we were dancing together, with all I had been taught coming together, her next to me and the music touching my soul and it was like time stopped, and I stood on a mountain in the heights of eternity. I could literally stop that moment on the video and show you where it was, it is that clear to me. That is really what it was: a moment of clarity.
Transcendence, man, transcendence. Those 'signals' that Peter Berger talks about and that I wrote about in my apologetics project. It really is miraculous. A miracle is, in the end, simply a moment that brings you to faith.
I commend dancing to all my Christian brothers and sisters. It has a lot to commend it. I've certainly deepened my relationship with Jesus Christ through it. And it has helped my marriage, and it just is amazing.
On Dancing, Mind & The Universe
There is something truly significant about
dancing. There is a cosmic lesson in it. For one thing, when you dance it is
all about moving negative space, about moving the nothingness that exists
between the two partners. The follower's main job is to 'get out of the way' to
create space within which the leader can move. There is something very Taoist
about that, but very Christian, too. Anyone who knows me or my theology well,
or who has read the book MYSTERY WITHOUT MAGIC by Russell Pregeant knows about
the overlaps between the two. I believe that Christianity is best understood
through a Taoist philosophical framework, rather than the Greek philosophical
lens through which it is usually refracted.
I've said before that God is the Everything that makes of itself nothing, whereas satan is the nothing that pretends it is everything. In dance, domination and control is a quick way to fail. Overpowering by either leader or follower ends in total disaster. There is also the vitality of vulnerability. Dancing with someone is to truly make yourself vulnerable to them. The creation of beauty through the manipulation of emptiness and the power of vulnerability...yea there is something truly cosmic in all of that.
Then there is the music. The sense of the music moving through you. Great dancing is about the step, but is also about the feeling. When you dance the music moves around you and through you. And if you get off time, you can really feel the whole reality of the thing fall apart around you. Dancing is the creation of an entire reality, inclusive of the physical, athletic act of the movement of the body and of the music itself, but beyond both.
Man, my friends, the older I get the more of the whole I seem to be experiencing and the more I both do and don't understand. I know that makes no sense, my philosopher friends should have a big problem with it, but it is the truth. Or at least I think it is. I see in the Cross and the Resurrection, the key to absolutely everything, and those reality are refracted back through various parts of my life, through art and beauty and nature and on and on.
There are times when so many questions weigh me down I can barely breathe. Determinism verses indeterminism, atheism vs theism, relativism vs objectivity and it all weighs me down. And then I get over it all and it is all so clear. It's like the song CARRY ON MY WAYWARD SON or something. I just have faith, I just trust the immediate fact of my own soul and God's presence within it. And it all makes so much sense. It won't last forever, it never does. But it becomes more and more dominant over time. Maybe that is the road to freedom.
I've said before that God is the Everything that makes of itself nothing, whereas satan is the nothing that pretends it is everything. In dance, domination and control is a quick way to fail. Overpowering by either leader or follower ends in total disaster. There is also the vitality of vulnerability. Dancing with someone is to truly make yourself vulnerable to them. The creation of beauty through the manipulation of emptiness and the power of vulnerability...yea there is something truly cosmic in all of that.
Then there is the music. The sense of the music moving through you. Great dancing is about the step, but is also about the feeling. When you dance the music moves around you and through you. And if you get off time, you can really feel the whole reality of the thing fall apart around you. Dancing is the creation of an entire reality, inclusive of the physical, athletic act of the movement of the body and of the music itself, but beyond both.
Man, my friends, the older I get the more of the whole I seem to be experiencing and the more I both do and don't understand. I know that makes no sense, my philosopher friends should have a big problem with it, but it is the truth. Or at least I think it is. I see in the Cross and the Resurrection, the key to absolutely everything, and those reality are refracted back through various parts of my life, through art and beauty and nature and on and on.
There are times when so many questions weigh me down I can barely breathe. Determinism verses indeterminism, atheism vs theism, relativism vs objectivity and it all weighs me down. And then I get over it all and it is all so clear. It's like the song CARRY ON MY WAYWARD SON or something. I just have faith, I just trust the immediate fact of my own soul and God's presence within it. And it all makes so much sense. It won't last forever, it never does. But it becomes more and more dominant over time. Maybe that is the road to freedom.
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Set List for Hump Day Dance @ Hometow Heroes Park 4-19-2017
Hump Day Dance 4-19-2017 Set List & Suggested Dances
(As Neva says, dance
the beat you hear, not necessarily what is suggested Here)
1. “Can’t Feel My Face” by the Weeknd- WCS
2. “Seven Nation Army” by The White Stripes- Tango
3. “Pennsylvania Polka”- Polka
4. “The Way We Move” by Longhorn Slim- East Coast Swing (TS)
5. “Somebody That I Used To Know” by Gotye- Rumba
6. “All About That Bass” by Postmodern Jukebox- Foxtrot
7. “Roar” by Postmodern Jukebox- EC Swing
8. “Back It Up” by Caro Emerald- Cha-Cha or WCS
9. “Canned Heat” by Jamuriquai- Hustle
10. “Play That Funky Music White Boy” by Wild Cherry- WCS
11. “Come Thou Font” by Jesse Campbell- Waltz
12. “I Don’t Feel Like Dancing” by Scissor- Cha-Cha
13. “Telephone” by Martynas- Tango
14. “Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off” by Joe Nichols- Country Polka or
Two-Step
15. “Everybody Likes To Cha-Cha” by James Taylor- SLOW Cha-Cha or Rumba
16. “Bad Penny” by Mipso- Country Polka
17. “Spider-Man Theme” by Michael Buble- Quickstep Or East Coast Swing
18. “Why Don’t You And I” by Santana- WCS
19. “La La La” by Shakira- Cha-Cha
20. “Everything” by Michael Buble- Rumba
21. “Bloodstream” by Ed Sheeran- Slow WCS
22. “King of the Road” by Roger Miller- Foxtrot
23. “One Call Away” by Charlie Puth- Rumba or WCS
24. “So Long” by Leon Bridges- Waltz
25. “You Spin Me Right Round” by Dead or Alive- Hustle
26. “Elementary Theme” by Pitch Hawk- Tango
27. “Can’t Stop The Feeling” by Justin Timberlake- Cha-Cha or WCS
28. “Daughters” by John Mayer- SLOW Viennese Waltz or FAST Slow Waltz, CW
also an option
29. “It Don’t Mean A Thing” by Tony Bennet and Lady Ga-Ga- Quickstep
30. “Stayin Alive” by the Bee Gees- Hustle
31. “Redneck Woman” by Gretchen Wilson- Two-Step
32. “Uptown Funk” by Burno Mars Et Al- Cha-Cha
33. “Kokomo” by the Beach Boys- Rumba
34. “Swinging On A Star” by Bing Crosby- Foxtrot
35. “Bad To The Bone” by George Thorogood- WCS
36. “Come With Me Know” by the Kongos- Polka
37. “Hit The Road Jack” by Ray Charles- East Coast Swing
38. “Marvin Gaye” by Charlie Puth- Rumba or WCS
39. “Word Crimes” by ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic- Cha-Cha
40. “Santa Maria” by the Gotan Project- Tango
41. “Bad Romance” by Postmoder Jukebox- Quickstep
42. “Breathe” by Michelle Branch- East Coast Swing
43. “Mean” by Taylor Swift- Two-Step
44. “Quando, Quando, Quando” by Michael Buble- Rumba
45. “For Your Precious Love” by Otis Redding- Fast Waltz or Slow Viennese
Great CW Beat
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