Bay View Weddings at Gallagher Farms

14/03/2025

We are so excited to celebrate this wedding season! The sunshine in Northern Michigan has really got us looking forward to spring and warmer weather on the farm!
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This unforgettable day for A + A was one of a kind. We are so grateful to have shared such a remarkable day filled with such beauty, friendship, love, and laughter! We could not have been more grateful to have you come into our lives, A + A, and we wish you many happily ever after years of your fairytale love story come true!
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Thank you to the team of professionals and all they did to ensure A + A’s day was an incredible day they will never forget!
Photography: Lindsay Elaine Photography |
Venue: Bay View Weddings at Gallagher Farms |
Videographer: Allessa Maria Photography & Film |
Hair: Kismet Studio | Jennifer Schropp | .studio
Makeup: Josh Thiel |
Dress: Beckers Bridal Outlet
Dress Designer: Casablanca Bridal
Bridesmaids Dresses: Jenny Yoo | Bella Bridesmaids
Menswear: Generation Tux
DJ/Band: DJ Epic Beats
Rings: Kesslers
Catering & Dessert: Bayside Gatherings |
Florist: The Poppy and The Peony |
Invitation Suite: Minted
Rentals: All Things Wedding Decor, Wise Bride Rentals, The Poppy & The Peony , ,
Transportation: The Magic Shuttle Bus |

14/03/2025

14/02/2025

Happy Valentine’s Day from all of us at Bay View Weddings at Gallagher Farms!
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We hope your day is full of overflowing joy, deep-hearted laughter, resounding peace, and abundant love! We are so grateful for each and every one of you and look forward to having you come and visit, take in the Northern Michigan views, and relax on one of the most incredible days of your life at Gallagher Farms!
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This beautiful and unforgettable day was captured by the talented photography of . Thank you to all of the wonderful vendors who assisted in bringing this dream wedding to life!
Florals:
Bride/planning:
Video:
Rentals:
Associate photographer:
Wedding Design:
Caterer: Catering by Kelly’s
Music: Rock Out Entertainment
Drapery:
Dessert: Arnies
Makeup: Faith Forcier Creative
Hair: Kenzie Fahlen - Rad Roots
Transportation: Up North Taxi
Venue/coordination:
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01/02/2025

We are thrilled to announce we have been awarded as one of The Knot Best of Weddings winners for 2025!
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Thank you to our incredible couples, their wonderful family and friends, and the talented wedding professionals and vendors who have shared in the most amazing, beautiful, unforgettable, and absolutely breathtaking special days with us! Our gratitude for each of you overflows and we feel extremely honored to have such wonderful people come into our lives! It is a true gift to be able to welcome you, to serve you, to share our family’s multigenerational farm with you for your most unforgettable day - and to share in the overflowing joy, beauty, and love of the most beautiful and precious day in your lives. Please know of our deep appreciation for each of you as we are humbled to work with you, collaborate with you, support you, and grateful to share unforgettable memories that will last a lifetime!
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A special thank you to our amazing family and team members who work so incredibly hard to ensure our multigenerational farmland, orchards, and vineyards stay pristine due to your perseverance, tenacity, and commitment to agriculture. Thank you for all you do to ensure the beauty of the farm and your assistance in ensuring wedding dreams come true!
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We hope everyone that comes to Bay View Weddings at Gallagher Farms is able to relax, take in the beautiful and breathtaking views, and enjoy every moment in Northern Michigan! We wish the very best for each and every one of you!
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This stunning summer wedding was captured beautifully by Megan Hannon Photography, LLC with the exceptional planning of Juniper and Lace Events. Thank you to the excellent team of wedding professionals that helped bring this breathtaking wedding vision to life! Catering by Kelly's Zimmerman's Landscaping Blue Lakes by the Bay

19/01/2025

This stunning summer wedding truly brought the natural beauty of Northern Michigan to life! The white, creamy, and yellow floral along with the abundant and luscious greenery was modern, fresh, and elegant while also feeling perfectly timeless and unforgettable. The floral was a perfect complement to not only the natural beauty of the green landscape and blue water views that surrounded H+C but also a perfect reflection to their timeless and beautiful love, laughter, and deep genuine care for one another.
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H+C, your energy, excitement, gratitude, and comfort in one another shined in your care of one another and the care of your wonderful family and friends. Your deep commitment to each other and love that softened the hearts and brought joy to all those you were surrounded by was truly an inspiration. It was a gift to share in the beauty of your love for one another and the love of your family and closest friends. Best wishes for continued love, laughter, and excitement as you embark on an incredible future together!
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Thank you to the wonderful team of wedding professionals that helped make this Northern Michigan wedding a dream come true!
Floral: cass_and_jeanflowerco
Photography:
Videography: Charlie Hinken
Coordination:
Caterer:
Music:
Dessert:
Hair & Make-up: .noelleartistry
Rentals:
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05/01/2025

Happy New Year from all of us at Bay View Weddings at Gallagher Farms!
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We hope your year in 2025 is not only productive and successful but also full of beautiful, fun, enjoyable, and relaxing moments! Whether you are popping champagne with friends, eating more fruit (or cherries off the tree!), taking leisurely walks with someone you love, relaxing under a sun umbrella, pausing to take in the views around you, letting go of time to enjoy every moment in the company of family and friends, or getting carried away by the love of your life - we hope you enjoy every minute to its fullest! We are so excited to see you in 2025! Cheers to a wonderful year and we hope you can come to visit us at Gallagher Farms to relax, take in the views, and enjoy one of the best days of your life!
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This beautiful July wedding celebration was incredible! So much sunshine. So much joy. So much love. Z + R your celebration was one that grasped our hearts through the deep love, care, compassion, and thoughtfulness you showed to your family, your closest friends, and one another. Thank you for the gift of knowing you. You have so much to be proud of! It was an honor to share in the natural beauty of your love, kindness, and friendship. May your happiness grow in the New Year and happily ever after to you both, Z + R!
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Thank you to the wonderful vendors who helped this dream wedding come true!
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Hair & Makeup:
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Tux:
Shuttle:
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22/12/2024

While the beautiful and chilly snowy weather of Northern Michigan is stunning all around us, this bright sunny July wedding has our hearts overflowing with warmth and abundant joy! A+J’s wedding was a dream come true and we could not be happier for the both of you!
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A+J’s laughter and love for one another was absolutely inspirational! Every moment of this day was saturated with joy for one another, their families, and their closest friends and loved ones. Their kindness and joyful hearts draw others to them. It was amazing to watch them enjoy each moment - every second - with one another sharing smiles, laughs, and embraces. Their hearts welled with so much excitement and love - such a joy to share in such beauty! It was a true honor to be a small part of such an incredible day celebrating two incredible people! We are so grateful for you both, A+J!
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The details of this stunning day could not have been possible without the exceptional planning of and captured so beautifully by . Thank you to the many vendors who brought this unforgettable vision to life!
Floral:
Catering & Bar: Catering by Kelly’s
Dress by from
Music:
Rentals:
Draping:
Cookies:
Hair & Makeup:
Shuttle: Blue Lakes by the Bay
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27/11/2024

This time of year has us reflecting about how fortunate we are to share our multigenerational family farm with couples for their most beautiful day and to have all of you come into our lives! We are very grateful for our amazing couples, wonderful families, lovely guests, exceptional wedding professionals and vendors, and our incredible neighbors and community members for all of your support, kindness, and care! It is an honor to know you, collaborate with you, and serve you as we work together to bring the most beautiful days to life! We are so very thankful for each of you!
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However you choose to spend your Thanksgiving, we hope you enjoy a bountiful harvest spread on your table surrounded by those you love most. We wish you a wonderful Thanksgiving full of love and joy from our Gallagher Family to yours!
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This beautiful summer wedding was one we will not soon forget! With a bountiful harvest of cherries and the grapes growing steadily in the warm summer heat, P + A’s stunning special day was absolutely gorgeous! So much beauty from their love surrounded by the natural Northern Michigan beauty at Gallagher Farms. We are so grateful for sharing their warmth, kindness, humor, love, and joy with all of us! P + A, best wishes for a wonderful happily ever after for years to come!
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Thank you to the amazing team of professionals that helped bring this beautiful day to life! We are thankful for you!
Planning:
Photography:
Videography Team: Jarret & Nolan
Floral:
Catering: Catering by Kelly’s
Music: and bagpiper Peter Deneen
Painter:
Rentals: and
Cake:
Shuttle:
Hair & Makeup:
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20/10/2024

We are excited to share that we officially finished our sixth wedding season at Bay View Weddings at Gallagher Farms! Thank you to our amazing couples, wonderful families, lovely guests, talented wedding professionals and vendors, and our incredible family and staff for all they have done in helping every dream wedding become a reality!
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Since opening six wedding seasons ago, we have been so very fortunate to have had the most incredible couples. The very best. With our amazing couples comes the best families and the best friends and guests that we have been so honored to serve while at Gallagher Farms. While we played such a small role in your world - please know that your kindness, your friendship, and the love and joy you have shared on your special day with your loved ones - has meant the world to us. Please know that as you continue in your life journey, we will be sending you our very best wishes and will always be cheering for you and we cannot wait to see you and reconnect with you for years to come!
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These incredible wedding days would not be able to come to life without the collaboration of wedding professionals. Thank you for your professionalism, specialized knowledge, flexibility, sharing your talents with us, and for your kindness, friendship, and collaboration in ensuring each individual wedding is the very best experience possible for our amazing couples!
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A very special thank you to our incredible family and staff who currently work the farm to keep our orchards and farmland in pristine condition and that help bring each wedding vision to life. It is a dream come to life to honor our previous generations and our agricultural history by sharing our farm with others for one of the most beautiful days in their lives. We are so grateful for your tenacity, hard work, long hours, sacrifice, support, and positive attitude in continuing our family work in agriculture while also creating a place where others can come, relax, take in the views, and enjoy the best day of their lives! We are so fortunate and grateful for you!
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J+J are such an incredible couple! Their love spoke volumes about how wonderful they are. Vendors tagged.

10/08/2024

We are excited to share an update on Gallagher Farms with all of you! We have been busy with construction of the new Distillery building with a great deal of progress made this past spring and continue to work on the interior construction this summer. Thank you to Windborne for some drone captures of the Distillery construction to share with all of you!
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With the addition of the Distillery to Gallagher Farms, we have decided to align our Bay View Weddings and Bay View Distillery Logos to capture the consistency of the rich history and natural beauty of Bay View at Gallagher Farms in Northern Michigan. Our new Bay View Weddings Logo looks to capture the love and beauty that is grown on the farm as couples share in the history of our family farm as they begin their beautiful futures together. Our Distillery Logo honors our Irish history with Celtic Knots found in the background, honoring the foundation of our commitment, values, and our deep appreciation we have of our agricultural history as we move forward into the future of serving all of you.
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Please know of our deep gratitude and appreciation for each of you! We are very grateful to our Bay View Weddings’ couples, families, guests, vendors, wedding professionals, and our local and greater community members. You are incredible! We are so fortunate to have each of you in our lives. Thank you to each of our family members and staff members who dedicate many hours to intentional hard work, tenacity, and resilience to help bring this dream to reality! With a combined generational history of farming in our family for seven generations, we are committed to honoring our agricultural foundation and we would be greatly honored to serve you! We look forward to having you come, relax, take in the views, taste the fruit and agricultural products of the farm, and enjoy one of the most incredible days of your life at Gallagher Farms! We appreciate you!
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28/07/2024

This dream wedding come true from last weekend was absolutely breathtaking from start to finish! With warm and sunny Northern Michigan summer weather along with bright blue water views, the day could not have been more beautiful focusing on two incredible people. We could not be more honored to share our family’s multigenerational farm with them for their most joy-filled and stunning special day!
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M+R’s dreamy wedding vision consisted of a beautiful sailcloth tent with hardwood floors complemented by a soft blue and creamy elements with just enough natural elements to create the most elegant, airy, and romantic environment for their guests to relax, enjoy every moment, and take in the natural beauty and joy that filled this love-inspired day.
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M+R your gentle kindness, humble and grateful approach to life, overflowing joy and excitement, and deep passion to care for your loved ones and one another truly touched our hearts at Gallagher Farms. We will never forget the beauty of the butterfly as the butterflies naturally floated through the air and surrounded your guests throughout your wedding ceremony. Such an inspirational reminder of how deep and relentless your love, joy, and care for your wonderful family and friends truly is.
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Thank you, M+R, for the gift of sharing in this absolutely incredible, unforgettable day. Every moment was abundant with love and beauty and we could not be happier for the two of you! Wishing you the most beautiful future as you begin your happily ever after come true!
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Thank you to the collaboration, professionalism, and teamwork from the following incredible vendors. We are grateful for you!
Planning:
Photographer:
Caterer: Da Eduardo’s
Bar & Server Service: Lola’s Libation
Florals: Flora Rae - Floral Design Studio
Tent/Floor:
Rentals:
Draping:
Videography:
Music: Dan Rafferty Band
Transportation: Blue Lakes by the Bay
Venue: Bay View Weddings at Gallagher Farms

07/07/2024

This weekend was overflowing with love (and cherries)! With our cherry trees busting with ripe cherries ready to be harvested and the local Traverse City coming to an end, the timing was perfect for the most beautiful summer wedding! We could not have been more grateful to share in an incredible and breathtaking day celebrating two amazing people!
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The day was full of sunshine and after a quick rainstorm after ceremony, a beautiful rainbow emerged and the evening was even more enjoyable. Full of laughter, abundant joy, celebration, and relaxation while reveling in Northern Michigan’s natural beauty - the cherry on top!
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L + D, we could not have been more honored to share in this absolutely incredible day with two extraordinarily people. You were such a gift to work with and your family and friends could not have been more lovely! We absolutely loved every. single. minute. While your love is one that will last for a lifetime, we truly wish we could do it all over again with you! It was such an amazing and breathtaking day and, L + D, you and your family took a piece of our hearts from Gallagher Farms!
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This beautiful day was captured by the talented artistry of . Thank you to all of the excellent vendors who assisted in bringing this dream wedding to life!
Venue/coordination:
Florals:
Bride/planning:
Video:
Rentals:
Associate photographer:
Wedding Design:
Caterer: Catering by Kelly’s
Music: Rock Out Entertainment
Drapery:
Dessert: Arnies
Make Up: Faith Forcier Creative
Hair: Kenzie Fahlen - Rad Roots
Transportation: Up North Taxi
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14/06/2024

We are excited to share we are officially booking weddings for 2026 at Bay View Weddings at Gallagher Farms!
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This dreamy June wedding still takes our breath away as it was truly a dream come true! L+K’s incredible day was captured by the talented with the artful planning of . We are grateful for the wedding professionals and vendors who helped bring this dream wedding vision to life! .forbes.
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27/05/2024

We are happy to share that we have started our wedding season this month at Bay View Weddings at Gallagher Farms! We were so grateful to share in the beauty, love, and joy of this past weekend and look forward to all the love and joy to come this year at Gallagher Farms!
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J+S your love and care for one another was abound, overflowing, and felt by all those around you. Thank you for your love, kindness, joy, laughter, and genuine approach that you share with others. We felt so honored to not only share in this gorgeous and unforgettable day but also to share it with your lovely family and wonderful friends.
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You were such a joy! We could not be happier for you! We hope your loved ones were able to take in the natural beauty of the bay views and rolling hills while relaxing and enjoying your special day to the fullest at Gallagher Farms. We hope you are able to come back and visit to celebrate your love for years to come!
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Thank you to the excellent vendor team who helped bring the details to beauty and the wedding dream to life! We appreciate all of your hard work for J+S's most beautiful day!
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Planning:
Photography:
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Floral: .floral
Catering: Catering By Kelly’s
Bar: Tonic & Lime
Entertainment: Rusch Entertainment
Hair:Team Hair and Beauty
Makeup:
Dessert: Grand Traverse Pie Company
Drapery: TC Tented Events & Party Rentals
Guest Table Linens & Tabletop Rentals: Event Theory
Napkins & Table Linens: BBJ La Tavola

05/05/2024

The cherry blossoms have arrived at Gallagher Farms! We are overflowing with joy and excitement as we eagerly await the beginning of our wedding season at Bay View Weddings at Gallagher Farms!
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This time of year, there is so much beautiful growth on the farm and it causes us to pause and reflect on how fortunate and grateful we are to share our multigenerational family farm with you. We hope that you and your loved ones can embrace the stunning beauty of Northern Michigan with rolling hills, vineyards, orchards, and water and landscape views while sitting back, relaxing, and enjoying those you care for most while taking in the best day of your life.
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Whatever road you take in life, we hope our journeys cross paths as we are so grateful for the privilege and honor of serving you!
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15/04/2024

We are thrilled to announce we will be adding a Distillery to Gallagher Farms! We find no greater privilege than to be able to honor our family’s multigenerational hard work and deep commitment to agriculture through this opportunity. It has been our dream to not only share the fruit and agricultural products of our family farm with others but also share the beauty of the farm we have been honored to care for these past four generations at Gallagher Farms. We are honored to be able to share this with our local and greater communities and we look forward to the gift, privilege, and joy of serving you!
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A special thank you to our incredible family for their support, tenacity, and sacrifice to help bring this dream to reality. You are amazing and we are so grateful to you! Thank you to the Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development - MDARD for their support in receiving a grant to support this project. Thank you to the Leelanau Ticker for the article introducing our next family endeavor to the community. Thank you to our Bay View Weddings at Gallagher Farms community - our amazing couples, their incredible families, their wonderful guests, the lovely people of our local community, and our incredible staff and the talented wedding vendors and professionals we work with to bring wedding dreams to reality! We are so grateful to share our family’s farm and heritage with each of you!
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We look forward to having you come to Gallagher Farms and sit back, relax, and not only take in the view but also taste the fruits and agricultural products of our farm while embracing the natural beauty of Northern Michigan. We are grateful and look forward to the honor of serving you!
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Read more in today’s . Link in the bio. We look forward to sharing more as we progress through this journey with you!
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24/03/2024

We are eagerly anticipating the beautiful summer days in Northern Michigan! We happily await the gorgeous blue bay views and bright green orchards, vineyards, and rolling hills at Gallagher Farms. We cannot wait to see our wonderful couples with their lovely families and friends as we excitedly approach our wedding season in 2024!
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This unforgettable June wedding was full of romance invoked moments filled with deep love and relentless friendship. A+Z were an absolute joy and their families could not have been more wonderful to collaborate with! You and your breathtaking special day captured our hearts. A+Z, we hope you are continuing to take time to pause, taking in deep breaths recognizing your amazing love, and enjoy quiet minutes each day to revel in your incredible happily ever after - one moment at a time.
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Thank you to the talented for capturing such romance inspired beauty of two very special people.
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25/02/2024

This beautiful fall wedding was a dream come true! With deep floral saturation and blues carried throughout the tablescapes, cake, and Northern Michigan skies, it was a breathtaking day we will not soon forget!
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We could not be happier for you, M+C! Your intentionality and thoughtfulness of detail in bringing your vision to life was a testimony to the intentional thought and purpose you bring to your beautiful future together. We are grateful to you and appreciated working alongside you to help bring the details together for this lovely wedding vision! Best wishes for continued success, abundant joy, and love for one another in your dream come true!
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Thank you to the excellent vendors for their hard work and support of M+C’s special day! Catering by Kelly’s
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