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La Belle Amie is one of 2 local vineyards and is a 'must visit' for you on your next trip to Myrtle. Best of all...it's just an 8 minute drive from the condo! La Belle Amie Vineyard is family owned by two sisters, Vicki and June, and operated by Vicki. The family built the wine and gift shop in 1999, in part from trees removed from the building site. We encourage you to make it a point to put it on your 'to do' list....you will not regret it! |
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Have a look at the fun you'll have at one of the many festivals held all year long! |
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Don't forget to give a big hug to Bella when you see her! |
| Spring is in bloom at Brookgreen Gardens! |
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Brookgreen is a wonderful diversion from the hustle and bustle of the main Myrtle Beach area. Located in the historic Murrells Inlet, Litchfield Beach area, it is a wonderful way to spend family time out in the gardens, view original rice fields, and enjoy a leisurely stroll through the wildlife exhibit. Visit Brookgreen for more details and schedules! |
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Black River Outdoors Center & Expeditions
21 Garden Ave
Myrtle Beach, SC 29440 |
This is a nice quiet way to see the marshes and rivers of the area. Explore the Black River Cypress, Tupelo Swamp, Huntington Beach, salt marshes, creeks, Sunday Island, nature preserves and the Chicora Wood Plantation Creek. Single or tandem kayaks available. A safety talk and introductory lesson by a trained guide are included. All necessary equipment is provided. Go to website |
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Capt. Dick's Marina
4123 Highway 17
Myrtle Beach, SC 29576 phone: +1 843 651 3676
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Capt. Dick's has fishing excursions of all kinds. The Sea Bass trip is 5 1/2 hours long and costs $36 for an adult and $23 for a child 12 and under. If you want to just sightsee, the cost is $17. On the Continental fishing trip, you will fish approximately 25-35 miles offshore for crimson snapper, triggerfish and bigger sea bass. The cost is $52 for adults and $29 for children. Fish for sand, tiger and hammerhead sharks on the 4-hour shark-fishing trip. This one costs $95 per person Visit their website |
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Carolina Safari Jeep Tours
606 65th North Avenue
Myrtle Beach, SC 29572 phone: +1 843 497 5330
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If you want to learn anything and everything about the Myrtle Beach area, this is the tour to take. The guides are extremely knowledgeable about US and local history as well as flora and fauna. For three hours, explore salt marshes, hear tales and legends, see a 15th century style Moorish castle, visit a rice plantation, see incredible cypress trees and real slave cabins and chapels. Discover how Native American, Spanish, French, British, Jewish and African cultures are intertwined and how they lead to the Gullah culture. Payment is in cash only. |
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Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant
3060 Howard Avenue
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577 phone: +1 843 839 0249
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Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant is located at Market Common Myrtle Beach, where "Urban meets Ocean." Come and enjoy a uniquely fresh experience. The Gordon Biersch heritage of superior quality harkens back nearly 500 years to the introduction of Reinheitsgebot, otherwise known as the "German Purity Law." Although originally intended to maintain quality brewing practices, this tradition of using only the freshest, purest ingredients, governs every aspect of the Gordon Biersch experience. They proudly adhere to this code of quality not only in our award-winning handcrafted beers, but in every plate of food on our tables. Experience the flavor- taste the heritage! |
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Lucky Strike Fish Charters 3312 Highway 50
Little River, SC 29566 +1 843 249 2049
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Let Capt. Ed Elliott take you on an exciting fishing trip in the Lucky Strike. He will also take you on a scenic ride or customize trips for you. A Half Day fishing trip (5hours) for 6 people includes sea bass, cobia, bonito, and mackerel. An All Day trip (8hours) for 6 people features snapper and grouper. Off-shore fishing is a 10-hour trip. On a Off-Shore trip (10hours) you will fish for all of the above plus grouper and snapper for 6 passengers. The Gulf Stream trip (12-14 hours) for 6 people for snapper, grouper, wahoo, tuna, and big game fish. A 25% deposit is required (refundable for bad weather). Cash and Traveler's Checks only |
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Myrtle Waves Water Park
HWY 17 Bypass and 10th Avenue N
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577 +1 843 448 1026
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With 30 rides in a 20-acre park, you're in for a very wet, fun day. More adventurous slides include the 10-story Turbo-Twisters and the Pipeline Plunge. For the more sedate, there is the LayZee River and the Ocean in Motion. Admission includes all day rides, optional life vest, free parking, tubes, showers and changing facilities. Special discounts for groups. Admission fees are $24.95 for 7-54yrs, $14 for 3-6yrs and 55yrs and above. Admission for children younger than 3yrs is free. |
Calendar of Events & Things To Do in Myrtle Beach ***We are currently updating with 2010 events***
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March 13-21 Canadian-American Days
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The eyes of the entire world are on Canada right now with the Winter Olympics taking place in Vancouver, but in a couple weeks, the eyes of Canada will be on Myrtle Beach as the area celebrates its annual Canadian-American Days. Events this year include: 14: Festive Brass at the First United Methodist Church, Myrtle Beach 15, 19, & 20: Military concerts featuring the Army 282nd band, the 208th Army Reserve Band and the U.S. Navy Band at Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce, 7 p.m. 16: The 2010 RBC Bank Canadian American Days Celebration Expo at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. 18: Second annual Canada vs. USA friendly golf competition at Pine Lakes Country Club |
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March 13 St Patrick's Day Festivals
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21st annual St. Patrick's Day Celebration in North Myrtle Beach. Parade begins at 9am, festival is from 11am - 4pm. Free admission & parking. Two stages of live music, childrens area, food & arts/crafts vendors. |
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March 20 Taste of the Coast |
Local restaurants from the Grand Strand come out to bring samples for you to try! From finger foods to fancy, there will be a little something for every taste. This family fun event will include not only restaurants and samplings, but plenty of events for the kids and all ages! |
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April 1-October 31 Grand Strand Fishing Rodeo
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Enter your catch in the 2010 Grand Strand Fishing Rodeo... caught from pier, surf, inlet or deep sea... for monthly decals, shoulder patches, and prizes totaling over $17,000 in cash and merchandise. A grand prize of $2,000 is awarded at the end of the rodeo. The weigh master whose name is on the grand prize winner's entry card receives $200. |
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April 12 Monday After The Masters
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Sponsored by Myrtle Beach Golf Holiday, the 20109 Monday After The Masters Celebrity Pro-Am Golf Tournament will once again be held at The Dye Club Barefoot Resort & Golf on Easter Weekend, Monday, April 12th, 2009. In the seven years that Myrtle Beach served as the tournament site, the Monday After The Masters has raised more than $2.5 million for golf and educational charities in South Carolina. |
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| April 17 Blues and Jazz Fest | It will be a beautiful day at a spectacular setting - La Belle Amie Vineyard. Add some tasty food, fantastic music, beautiful artworks, lovely garden plants, some pretty good wine (ours), and we'll have the makings of a memorable Saturday afternoon! |
April 17 Zombie Walk |
Run for your lives! No, it's not the undead apocalypse - although it may look like it - it's the third annual Myrtle Beach Zombie Walk. This charity event raises money for the Grand Strand Humane society by encouraging residents to dress up as zombies and creep through the Five Points section of downtown Myrtle Beach. Costume creativity is encouraged, but there will also be professional make-up artists on hand to help zombie-fy participants. And if the prospect of playing brain-eater for a few hours is too much for you to handle, the humane society will have some cuddly, adoptable critters on hand to cheer you up. The walk begins at 5 p.m. at Fresh Brewed Coffeehouse and ends at the intersection of Eighth Avenue North and Kings Highway where an afterparty with 13 bands playing at Drink! and The Basement will take place. Tickets are $5 for makeup and admission to the shows. Call 251-8282 or visit myspace.com/mbzombiewalk for more details. |
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May 7-16 Myrtle Beach Bike Week
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Myrtle Beach Spring Bike Week is still on May 7-16. We encourage everyone to come and enjoy bike week and be respectful of our laws and our community. If you do that, then we will have a successful event and you will have a great stay. We also encourage everyone to enjoy everything that Horry County has to offer and will provide ways to avoid the City of Myrtle Beach. |
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May 15-16 Blue Crab Festival
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Happy to have crabs! That's what everyone in the small town of Little River is celebrating every May. This small fishing village, directly north of the Grand Strand, hosts a one-of-a-kind festival every year to honor the Blue Crab. The Blue Crab Festival is a combination of arts, crafts and of course, food. The Blue Crab Festival is Little River's main claim to fame, and the little village doesn't hold back... this is one festival that you'll come back to year after year! |
May 21-25 Atlantic Beach Bikefest
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What’s better than enjoying your Memorial Day weekend at the beach? Well, try spending your weekend with over 100,000 bikers, girls, and just people who want to party hard all weekend long for one of the biggest bike festivals in the country! Every year, Atlantic Beach Bike Festival, or Black Bike Week draws in bikers from all over the world to have the largest black beach festival in Myrtle Beach. |
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May 31 Memorial Day Observance |
Remember those who gave their lives in service and honor veterans at the traditional Memorial Day Observance. Free event featuring a military guest speaker, an All-service Color Guard, a 21 - gun salute by a Marine Corps Honor Guard, military band, Taps, and a memorial wreath cast onto the waters. Program held on the Fantail of the Battleship North Carolina. |
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June 4-5 Sun Fun Festival
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The Sun Fun Festival will feature hot air balloon and boat rides, celebrity meet-and-greets, food and arts/crafts vendors, a parade of favorite kids' characters, to name a few activities, all free. Fans of all ages will be thrilled with the celebrity line-up as part of the festivities for the area's 58th annual Sun Fun Festival. |
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2010 Weekends Art in the Park
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In 1969, 16 artists and crafts people organized and formed the Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild. It's a non-profit, state-chartered organization that aims to encourage and promote fine arts in the Myrtle Beach community. At Art in the Park all work is original, created by the displaying artist without benefit of purchased, reusable molds, kits or commercial mass production. |
June 26 Georgetown Harborwalk Festival |
Georgetown will once agin this year celebrate the Annual Harborwalk Festival. Events range from harbor boat tours, to a bass fishing tournament and is topped off by a street dance until midnight with live music. |
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July 4 Murrells Inlet Boat Parade
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There’s nothing more patriotic than seeing a line of decorated boats cruising down the creek for the Murrells Inlet Fourth of July parade. The year’s theme will be announced around April 2009. Fireworks are shot off over the Inlet waters. Spectators can line the Marshwalk area for the best view of the parade. Come early for a great viewing spot and stick around to have lunch at any of the fine Inlet restaurants after the parade. Thousands of people line the shores to enjoy the display. |
July 4 Grand Strand Celebrates the Fourth!
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The Grand Strand will celebrate this 4th of July with fireworks displays, live entertainment, sports tournaments, great kid's activities, and military spectacles. Why not be a part of the fun and pay tribute to our nation's Independence...no matter where you are, there's something going on! The long strip of Coastal Carolina centered on Myrtle Beach has a long history of fantastic Fourth of July celebrations, and this year will be no exception! |
Barefoot Landing will celebrate the 4th of July with a special fireworks show at 10:15pm. Nightly Summerfest entertainers, featuring Kids Karaoke, The Stilt Man, clowns, face painters and balloon artists will be located throughout Barefoot Landing from 7-11pm. In addition, families can enjoy the Kids Zone, including the Euro Bungee, Rock Wall, Mechanical Bull, the Carousel and more, located in the Lakeview Courtyard. |
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2010 Weekends Art in the Park |
In 1969, 16 artists and crafts people organized and formed the Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild. It's a non-profit, state-chartered organization that aims to encourage and promote fine arts in the Myrtle Beach community. At Art in the Park all work is original, created by the displaying artist without benefit of purchased, reusable molds, kits or commercial mass production. |
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August 7 Dog Days Blues & Jazz |
Whether you're main reason for visiting La Belle Amie Vineyards during their Dog Days of August Blues & Jazz Fest is because of the music or wine, rest assured you'll leave the day satisfied. Held outside amidst the beautiful wooded lawn of La Belle Amie, this event is the perfect way to enjoy an August afternoon in the Myrtle Beach area. If you like good music and fine wine, you'll love the Dog Days of August Blues & Jazz Fest. |
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August 30-September 3 World Amateur Handicap Championship |
Termed the "Everyman Open" by Golf Digest, this four-day links extravaganza invites golfers of all skills and abilities to come out and compete. The tournament is so big it has to be held at several of the area's top courses. In fact, the field is so large that use is made of over 70 local courses. |
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September 24-October 3 Pawley's Island Festival of Music & Art
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The Pawley's Island Festival of Music & Art is held at Brookgreen Gardens, just south of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The festival has evolved from a one show musical performance in 1991 to an annual event today featuring well-known musicians from across the country. |
September 24-26 Atalaya Arts and Crafts Festival
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A castle on a beach and a collection of some of the most unique arts and crafts to be found today - you must be going to the Atalaya Arts and Crafts Festival. The castle, located in Huntington Beach State Park is the former home of the world famous sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington. In honor of her contributions to the art world, this festival welcomes in over one hundred local and national artisans to show their wares. Over 10,000 people will be browsing the eclectic display of hand blown glass, baskets, and other artifacts. |
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September 29-October 3 Myrtle Beach Fall Bike Rally |
The Fall Rally in October is a great time to visit the Grand Strand. Vending locations will be about the same as for May but with fewer vendors. Most of the same locations that held events in the spring will host events for the Fall Rally |
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2010 Dates TBA U.S. Open
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The U.S. Open King Mackerel Tournament is one of NC's oldest and most prestigious fishing tournaments offering over $100,000 in guaranteed CASH prizes. No minimum number of boats required. Entertainment, food & more. Location: Southport Marina, 4841 Long Beach Road, SE., Southport, NC. |
Dates TBD Seafood, Blues, & Jazz Festival
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In October, when the weather is warm, the sun’s shining and the warm ocean breezes are fluttering, bring your lawn chairs and family, leave your hectic world behind and exercise your “license to chill” for two music filled days at the world famous “Pleasure Island Seafood, Blues and Jazz Festival.” Now entering it’s 16th year, let the music performed by nationally recognized Blues and Jazz performers, coastal cuisine, natural beauty and salt air transport you into another dimension…and into a world where your cares and stresses are left behind. It’s a world where the weather is warmer, the people are friendlier, the food is tastier, and the music is "blue-sier".
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October 9-10 Little River Shrimp & Jazzfest
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Held annually on Columbus Day Weekend, the Shrimp and Jazz Fest is quickly becoming the attraction of the year in Little River! Located on the historic waterfront in beautiful Little River, SC this festival provides a family oriented party that is fun for all ages. Entertaiment includes arts and crafts vendors, live Jazz music all day and, back by popular demand, the famous Shrimp Cookoff! 843-249-6604 |
October 16 Loris Bog Off
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During the Loris Bog-Off Festival the city of Loris goes all out to ensure that the Myrtle Beach area is filled with excitement and entertainment for everyone. More than 100 craft vendors will be on hand providing ample opportunity for shopping, three stages of entertainment will keep the event lively and a fireworks display will end the celebration with a bang. This year come experience the Myrtle Beach area with the Loris Bog-Off Festival. Get the recipe for bog here. |
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2010 Dates TBA Taste of the Town |
So you're a regular at Myrtle Beach or maybe you've never visited before. Either way, you probably do not know where to start when it comes to dining on the Grand Strand. Along with the ever-growing tourism to the area, there comes an explosion of new restaurants and old ones redone. In October, Myrtle Beach hosts its Taste of the Town. Over 50 of the top restaurants in the area gather at the town's convention center and share their culinary treats for all to sample. |
2010 Dates TBD Endless Summer Festival
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The Endless Summer Celebration Festival will be held on Main Street in North Myrtle Beach. Street Festival with arts/crafts, food, children's area and live entertainment. The Endless Summer Festival is a time to celebrate summer all year long! This year’s festival will feature a diverse selection of entertainment from local, regional and national entertainers. There will be lots of vendors with one of a kind specialty craft items, food vendors and children’s area with inflatable’s, face painting, clowns, and a magician. |
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November 25-27 South Carolina Bluegrass Festival
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There's something simple, direct and authentic in Bluegrass Music. In a time and place that values novelty, experimentation and change-for-change's-sake, Bluegrass at its purest remains a truly original American concoction. Every November, the South Carolina State Bluegrass Festival in Myrtle Beach celebrates and honors this musical form by bringing together the top practitioners of Bluegrass, and presenting them in a venue that allows for direct audience participation. Jam sessions develop spontaneously, and often audience members join in. |
2010 Dates TBA Art in the Park |
In 1969, 16 artists and crafts people organized and formed the Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild. It's a non-profit, state-chartered organization that aims to encourage and promote fine arts in the Myrtle Beach community. At Art in the Park all work is original, created by the displaying artist without benefit of purchased, reusable molds, kits or commercial mass production. |
November 11-14 Dickens Christmas Show & Festivals
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Step back into the world of Charles Dickens, stroll through the aisles of 350 period clad vendors hawking wares of fine art, crafts, imported gifts, toys and much, much more. The Dickens show creates a magical environment filled with original, quality items awaiting shoppers...satisfying even the most difficult on their holiday list! An authentic recreation of the Charles Dickens era forms the lively backdrop with an excursion into Christmas Past. Bedecked with London row houses, strolling minstrels, Christmas finery and unique treasures, this festival produces a complete and entertaining 19th Century holiday environment that is enjoyed by young and old alike. |
2010 Dates TBA The Carolina Opry Christmas Special
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Every year since 1986, thousands of visitors have made the trip to Myrtle Beach, by car and by motorcoach, to see the fabulous Carolina Opry Christmas Special. In the words of one patron: "It makes me feel good. The holidays are so busy, but this is something special that my family takes time to enjoy together." The Carolina Opry Christmas Special offers an unparalleled celebration of America's most loved holiday, a heart-warming, funny, and dazzling family tradition that just gets better and better. |
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The Myrtle Beach area's average annual high temperatures are in the mid 70's. During the summer, the average high temperatures are in the upper 80's and in the winter, the average high temmperatures are around 60 degrees. Myrtle Beach also has an average of 215 days of sunshine per year to make your visit even more enjoyable.
Source: South Carolina State Climatology Office
 South Carolina Laws
Thanks to a recent law, stores with a special sales permit may sell beer and wine on Sundays. Stores with this permit include many grocery stores and all Grand Strand area Wal-Mart Supercenters. Horry County Laws
Surfing and kayaking are restricted to certain areas April 30 -Sept. 15. During those dates, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., surfing and kayaking are allowed only in these areas: from the terminus of the TA-80 Zone to the south city limits, from 39th Ave. N. to 47th Ave. N., from 62nd Ave. N. to 68th Ave. N., and from 82nd Ave. N. to the northern city limits. The area from the south side of 8th Ave. N. to the north end of the public boardwalk may be used for surfing or kayaking Oct. 1-April 15. Surfing and kayaking are not permitted within 400 feet of any fishing pier. Kayaks launched and returned to the beach on a course perpendicular to the beach for use out of the surf zone are not subject to the previously mentioned time and area restrictions.
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