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Frank Hamilton School Community Appearances & Concerts!

fhs_shelley Managing Director Shelley Satonin-Hershkovits has published a new blog posting that places emphasis on the nurturing process of learning provided by the Frank Hamilton School – it really is a wonderful sight to behold witnessing people of varying skill levels coming together for a harmonious jam where one can just play what is natural in the moment. It is this sort of environment that can be so welcoming to an individual (take me, for instance!) who has never played before or hasn’t played in 20 years and encouraging towards continuing beyond each session and Second Half to enjoy his/her instrument(s) of choice.

Come Play With Us and see what it’s all about. You’ll be glad you did! The new term begins Tuesday, March 7 & Wednesday, March 8.

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Showtime 8:30 PM, Doors 7:30 PM / $10 ADV-$15 Door Advance Tickets Available

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TIME: Doors at 11am Music Starts at Noon-7pm PRICE: $15 in Advance & $20 Door Kids under 12 get in free. Advance Tickets Available

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Coming in April:

Sunday, April 9 ~ The International Stage at Atlanta Dogwood Festival, 11 AM, FREE

Friday, April 14 ~ FHS Presents Dusty Roads and CJ Jones & The Spirit Bones @ Red Light Café, 9 PM, $10 Adv/$12 Door. Advance Tickets Available

Tags: Athens Folk Music and Dance Society, Atlanta Dogwood Festival, Atlanta Live Music, Atlanta Music Scene, CJ Jones & The Spirit Bones, Cledus Jeremiah Jones, Dusty Roads, entertainment, Frank Hamilton, Frank Hamilton School, Grateful Dead, jerry garcia, Joan Baez, John Prine, max & maggie, Music, Old & In the Way, Old Town School of Folk Music, old-time music, Pete Seeger, Philanthropy, Pickled Holler, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Rev. Jeff Mosier, Roger McGuinn, TDawg Presents, The Weavers, Woody Guthrie, WRFG

Upcoming Frank Hamilton School Concerts

20 Jan

The Frank Hamilton School is excited to bring you a stellar group of concerts that are diverse musically and equally engaging. We are fortunate to be able to bring you such amazing regional talent representing different genres of Americana and roots music. As the year moves forward, you can expect more activity with workshops and performances at our home, Oakhurst Baptist Church, and within the community at festivals and a variety of local events. Please visit the Frank Hamilton School website for information about how you can be involved, from taking a class to volunteering to becoming a member.

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$10 Adv/$15 Door, ADVANCE TICKETS

Showtime 9 PM, Doors 8 PM

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$10 Adv/$15 Door, ADVANCE TICKETS

Showtime 8:30 PM, Doors 7:30 PM

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$10 ADV/$12 Door, ADVANCE TICKETS

Showtime 9 PM, Doors 8 PM

Tags: Acoustic Syndicate, Athens Folk Music and Dance Society, atlanta bluegrass, Atlanta Live Music, Atlanta Live Music Calendar, Atlanta Music Scene, donna hopkins, entertainment, folk Alley, Folk Alliance, Folk Music, Folk School of Chattanooga, Frank Hamilton, Frank Hamilton School, Frank Hamilton School Concert Series, Grateful Dead, jerry garcia, Music, Old & In the Way, Old Town School of Folk Music, old-time music, Pete Seeger, Philanthropy, ralph roddenbery, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Steve "Big Daddy" McMurry, The Weavers, WNCW, Woody Guthrie

The Hamilton Hoopla Around the Corner!

8 Dec

“Everything Joe touches turns to music,” says mandolinist David Grisman, with whom Joe played for almost 17 years as a member of the David Grisman Quintet.

We are only one week out from The Hamilton Hoopla (Wed Dec 14, Oakhurst Baptist Church, 222 East Lake Dr., Decatur, GA 30030), an absolutely incredible evening of music in a perfect acoustic environment and featuring a potpourri of musicians representing styles such as jazz, jamgrass, old-time, gypsy jazz, and Joe Craven! Hosted by and featuring the great Joe Craven (David Grisman Quintet, Garcia Grisman recordings, Alison Brown Quartet), we are excited to celebrate the Grand Opening of the Frank Hamilton School and its commitment to bring music and music education into the Decatur and Atlanta communities as we enter our second year! It is an exciting time for us for certain and invite YOU to be a part!

Please get your advance tickets to help the cause and we absolutely can’t wait to see you on Wednesday, December 14 at Oakhurst Baptist Church! Share this with your family and friends!

The full lineup is as follows: Joe Craven, Frank Hamilton, Charles Williams & Dan Coy (The Bonaventure Quartet), Mick Kinney, Bob Bakert, Musicians/teachers from The Old Town School of Folk Music, Jason Koornick, Jared Womack

ABOUT JOE CRAVEN

Joe Craven is not just an entertaining musician with a penchant for the mischievous, he is a teacher and student all at once and he will draw you into his performance by including you as thou gh you’re part of the show itself. His gift of gab is unprecedented and his musical knowledge impressive. Joe’s openness and expression of gratitude for the gifts he’s acquired make it all the more fun for him to share them with his audience.

Creativity educator, former museum curator, visual artist, actor/storyteller, event emcee and recipient of the 2009 Folk Alliance Far-West Performer of the Year, Joe has made music with many folks – notably violinist Stephane Grappelli and Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia – to multi-whirled string guy David Lindley, harmonica wizard Howard Levy and seven years recording and touring with banjo fusionist Alison Brown.

Joe is a musical madman with anything that has strings attached; violin, mandolin, tin can, bedpan, cookie tin, tenor guitar/banjo, mouth bow, canjoe, cuatro, CBG, berimbau, balalaika, boot ‘n lace and double-necked whatever.

Tags: atlanta bluegrass, Atlanta Live Music, Atlanta Music Scene, Bob Bakert, Bonaventure Quartet, David Grisman, django reinhardt, Frank Hamilton, Frank Hamilton School, Grateful Dead, Gypsy Jazz, Hamilton Hoopla, jamgrass, jazz, jerry garcia, Joe Craven, Mick Kinney, Old & In the Way, Old Town School of Folk Music, old-time music, Pete Seeger, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, stephane grapelli, TDawg Presents, The Georgia Crackers, Woody Guthrie

Hamilton Hoopla, Joe Craven Workshop, Jugtime Ragband All in December!

8 Nov

fhs_frankchomp On the heels of a fantastic day at Chomp & Stomp where Frank performed “This Land Is Your Land” to several thousand folks supported by Smokey’s Farmland Band and The Georgia Mountain String Band (scroll to bottom for a clip of the performance!), the Frank Hamilton School is thrilled to bring you some wonderfully unique offerings for the month of December! Beginning with our special holiday 1/2 term commencing at the end of November, followed shortly by our final FHS Concert Series Concert featuring Tray Dahl & The Jugtime Ragband plus a rare appearance by Frank and his ragtime jazz band called The Clams (Bill Rutan, LA Tuten, Matt Phillips & Frank), an improvisation workshop with Joe Craven, and culminating with our first ever Hamilton Hoopla also featuring Joe Craven, we are entering a great period of time as we celebrate our our recently obtained non-profit status and the Grand Opening of the Frank Hamilton School at Oakhurst Baptist Church!

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Please click here for complete information!

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Doors @ 7 PM ~ Advance Tickets only $10/$12 Door!

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Music Improvisation with Joe Craven

How to be In the Moment & Without a Net

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

TIME: 7:30PM-9:30PM
Cost: $50 ($30 if you’re registered for the concurrent term)

Limited enrollment! Click Here for complete information how you can be a part!

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Click Here for Advance Tickets!

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Tags: Bob Bakert, Bonaventure Quartet, Chomp & Stomp, David Grisman, Decatur Arts Alliance, Decatur GA, Frank Hamilton, Frank Hamilton School, Frank Hamilton School Concert Series, Garcia Grisman, Grateful Dead, Honeywood, jerry garcia, Joe Craven, Mick Kinney, Oakhurst, Old & In the Way, Old Town School of Folk Music, old-time music, Pete Seeger, Smokey's Farmland Band, TDawg Presents, The Georgia Mountain String Band, The Weavers, This Land Is Your Land, Tray Dahl & The Jugtime Ragband, Woody Guthrie

Frank Hamilton School Relocation & Other Happenings!

15 Mar

The Frank Hamilton School is relocating to the Oakhurst Baptist Church, 222 East Lake Dr., Decatur, GA 30030, beginning with the next term that starts on Tuesday, April 19! We are thrilled to find a new home for the next several years that will allow FHS to grow into an organization that actively contributes to the community. Expect some fun events to sprout up from our new location as we move along – come play with us, and Click Here for more information about how you can become part of the movement!

We’re gearing up for what promises to be a fantastic spring season for the Frank Hamilton School as we continue to move forward! Tune in next Thursday, March 24, at 8 PM on WRFG 89.3 FM as Frank Hamilton visits with Dave Chamberlain on the long-running show Sagebrush Boogie. Expect a little live music in the studio as well as discussion about the school, the history of Frank Hamilton, and the ongoing Frank Hamilton School Concert Series. Please scroll down for some opportunities to get involved, attend one of our concerts, or to see one of the initial performances of the Frank Hamilton School Band that features some of our instructors, led by Frank Hamilton of course! Also please visit the Website for complete information.

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Sunday, March 20, 4PM @ Red Light Cafe, 100% of proceeds to benefit FHS!

A special performance with Four Shillings Short, a husband/wife duo from Ireland & California, respectively, that travels the world promoting world folk music through a plethora of instruments on stage that weave a story untold of different cultures coming together. Advance tickets and more information click here.

4Shillings

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Thursday, April 7, 10 PM at Red Light Cafe, Frank Hamilton School Concert Series

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This night will be the only 10 PM start of the concert series, but folks it’s well worth it to get on out to watch this incredibly dynamic trio take the stage and wow you with their incredible songwriting and instrumentation. You can explore more about Dangermuffin on their website. Advance tickets and more information click here.

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Sunday, April 10, 10:15 AM @ 80th Annual Atlanta Dogwood Festival in Piedmont Park, International Stage

This performance is the first in public by the Frank Hamilton School Band, so come out early to enjoy your coffee and hear some wonderful music to start your day. You might do a little shopping while you’re at it 😉 We had a fun time on Sunday getting together for a band rehearsal and some gumbo at TDawg’s house! The band managed to assemble a list of 13 songs from which to choose. Below is a little snippet of “You Are My Sunshine.” Also heard while cooking up the gumbo was the classic “City Of New Orleans” so expect some great songs you can sing along to, and even play along to if you bring your instrument!

Tags: americana, bluegrass music, blues music, Chattanooga bluegrass, dangermuffin, Dave Chamberlain, Frank Hamilton, Frank Hamilton School, Hootenanny, Joan Baez, John Prine, Lowell George, Old & In the Way, Old Town School, Old Town School of Folk Music, old-time music, Pete Seeger, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Red Light Cafe, Rev. Jeff Mosier, Roger McGuinn, Roots Music, Sagebrush Boogie, TDawg Presents, The Weavers, Woody Guthrie, WRFG

TDawg’s Back Porch Hootenanny ~ How Sweet It Is

11 Mar

Advance tickets are on sale NOW for both FRI-SAT and SAT ONLY (both include camping) – SAT day passes can be purchased on site only, and there will be NO FRIDAY ONLY passes available. As usual, NO DOGS ALLOWED, BYOB (& food if you’d like), and LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR!

SAT ONLY – $45 Adv/$55 Gate

FRI-SAT ONLY – $50 Adv/$65 Gate

We are only about THREE WEEKS OUT (April 1-2) from the biggest little blow out you’ve ever witnessed, should you be there. I’ve had a few contemplative moments over the last few weeks as 2016 Hoot I begin a new journey that is currently overlapping with my passion of the past 18 years. Come the time of the Back Porch Hoot Wrap Party, I feel only celebration and not sadness as I move forward with a life’s worth of experiences in only the first half of my time here. The musicians assembled for TDawg’s Back Porch Hootenanny #19 represent the beginning of HarvestFest, my time being involved with the Atlanta Dogwood Festival, and the Back Porch Hootenanny era. We are all excited to go down the road one more time as a Hoot, and you can rest assured the midnight Hootenanny Battlecry on Saturday night will be a true Howlin’ At The Moon experience!

Every note will reciprocate the appreciation from the audience, regardless of whether they’re listening from the front of the stage, out in the field with your family in warm sunlight, under the tent where the shade is nice, or from your campsite. The jams continuing into the night will be energetic and bonfire soothing to the soul as they always are. The large bonfire burns to what seems like an eternity, creating a mesmerizing and meandering flow of yellow and orange flames, while smaller and equally inviting fires sprout up in the darkness, often accompanied by the sound of music being made. I, for one, am really looking forward to celebrating what first HarvestFest and then the Hootenannies have done to bring together so many family and friends.

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SCHEDULE

SHED STAGE, FRI APRIL 1

8:30PM – 11:30PM > Blackberry Possum

SHED STAGE, SAT APRIL 2

Noon – 1:20PM > Smokey’s Farmland Band

2:10PM – 3:40PM > The Rickety Crickets

4:35PM – 6:05PM > Ralph Roddenbery Band

7:00PM – 8:30PM > Caroline Aiken

9:25PM – 10:55PM > Rev. Jeff Mosier & Friends

11:25PM – 1:00AM > Strung Like A Horse

MOMS/GRATEFUL FRED STAGE, SAT APRIL 2

1:25PM – 2:10PM > MOMS Jam

3:45PM – 4:30PM > The Ain’t Sisters

6:10PM – 6:55PM > Brian Ashley Jones

8:35PM – 9:20PM > Donna Hopkins & Friends

Tags: americana, Asheville bluegrass, Atlanta, bluegrass music, Brian Ashley Jones, Caroline Aiken, Chattanooga bluegrass, Chattanooga festivals, Chattanooga Times Free Press, Cherokee Farms, Copious Jones, donna hopkins, Grateful Dead, Hootenanny, Jeff Styles, jerry garcia, Music On Main Street Lilburn, Nashville Songwriters, Nashville Tennessee, old-time music, ralph roddenbery, Rev. Jeff Mosier, Smokey Caldwell, SoundCorps, strung like a horse, TDawg Presents, tree leaf music, Tree Sound Studios, Wildman Steve Radio

Frank Hamilton School Concert Series Off & Running!

22 Feb

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We had a great week last week at the Frank Hamilton School! Check out this great article that James Kelly wrote in the Atlanta Creative Loafing edition out now! Many thanks for the push as we move forward in our journey to become an integral part of the musical DNA of the greater Atlanta area.

Please consider coming out Tuesday evening to Epworth United Methodist Church (across from Candler Park) for the start of our next term (6 sessions for $100) – you’ll be glad you did! We will be featuring Guitar I & II, Banjo, Mandolin, Ukulele, Fiddle & Vocals…there’s something for everyone! It really doesn’t matter what level you are, and if you’re shy about playing with others then this is your ticket. Please visit http://frankhamiltonschool.org for more information, and we hope to see you on Tuesday, February 23!

The opening concert of the Frank Hamilton Concert Series on Thursday night with Jeff Mosier starting the festivities followed by The Georgia Crackers was an amazing experience that was fitting for a kick-off celebration, and we had a great crowd for the festivities! Below are some videos that highlight how wonderful the evening really was. The first video features Jeff Mosier performing the classic John Hartford tune made famous by Glenn Campbell, “Gentle On My Mind”. The next song is performed by The Georgia Crackers, and the last couple of videos feature Jeff joining on stage with the spoons. Great stuff! Hope you enjoy!

We hope to see y’all out on March 3 for our next concert at the Red Light Cafe, featuring Atlanta’s own Hair of the Dog! Great Cajun music with a twist of pedal steel thrown in for good measure. You’re sure to leave a fan! Advance tickets are available for purchase, $10 Adv/$12 door. Please let your friends know, show starts at 8pm!

Tags: americana, Art, Atlanta, bluegrass, bluegrass music, blues music, chattanooga, Cherokee Farms, Creative Loafing, Frank Hamilton, Frank Hamilton School, Hair of the Dog Cajun Band, Hootenanny, Jim Lauderdale, Nashville Tennessee, Old Town School of Folk Music, old-time music, Pete Seeger, Red Light Cafe, Rev. Jeff Mosier, Roots Music, TDawg Presents, The Georgia Crackers, The Weavers, We Shall Overcome, Woody Guthrie, You Tube

Learn More About Frank Hamilton School and the Living Music Icon!

16 Feb

Frank Hamilton is living music history – he is an educator, musician, leader & visionary all wrapped into one. I am fortunate to be involved in continuing his vision in the new millennium. While the world is a much different place than it was in 1957, one particular constant that remains is the importance of music and the arts in the community. That is the ultimate goal of the Frank Hamilton School, bringing together community through love of music. The classes are group sessions that finish up with a jam led by Frank and involving all instruments.

There have been a some wonderful interviews with Frank Hamilton since September, where he talks about his history, the Old Town School in Chicago, and bringing the OTS model to the Atlanta area. When you have a moment, I highly recommend you listen to them. None of them are more than 15 minutes long and are incredibly informative.

~ City Lights on WABE 90.1 FM, 9/10/15

~ On Second Thought, GPB 88.5, 10/22/15

~ Interview by Noel Morris, 9/14/15

I hope y’all can make it out to celebrate the start to the Frank Hamilton Concert Series on Thursday evening at the Red Light Cafe! Music will begin at 8pm, so it will be an early night! Rev. Jeff Mosier kicks it off to be followed by The Georgia Crackers! Click Here for advance tickets.

Tags: americana, Atlanta, Atlanta Live Music, Atlanta Live Music Calendar, atlanta music calendar, Atlanta Music Scene, bluegrass music, Bob Bakert, Cherokee Farms, Frank Hamilton, Frank Hamilton Folk School, Frank Hamilton School, GPB, Mick Kinney, Noel Morris, Old & In the Way, Old Town School, Old Town School of Folk Music, old-time music, Pete Seeger, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Rev. Jeff Mosier, TDawg Presents, The Georgia Crackers, The Weavers, WABE, Woody Guthrie

TDawg’s Summer Hoot Aug 9!

11 Jun

TDawg’s Summer Hoot at Music On Main Street!

TDawg Presents, in collaboration with Music On Main Street, is excited to bring you a summertime Hootenanny! Come enjoy this incredibly intimate outdoor venue nestled in historic downtown Lilburn. The event will feature three bands and a FREE after party next door at the 1910 Public House. I hope that we can continue to do summer hoots at MOMS so let’s come on out and support this first one! GREAT for the entire family!

Stay tuned for details about purchasing advance tickets, but here are some basic details:

TDawg’s Summer Hoot!

Date & Time: Saturday, August 9, 4:30pm-9:30pm, Gates open at 3:30pm

Admission: $15 adv/$20 gate, BYOB

Lineup:

Grant Green Jr.

(8-9:30pm)

Dyn-O-Mite

(6-7:30pm)

The Jugtime Ragband

(4:30-5:30pm)

Tags: americana, Art, Atlanta, bibb city ramblers, Birmingham, bluegrass, bluegrass music, blues music, Bruce Hampton, Buddy Miller, Caroline Aiken, chattanooga, Chattanooga bluegrass, Cherokee Farms, Contra dance, Dekalb County, donna hopkins, entertainment, Events, Funk, GA, Grammy Award, Grant Green, grant green jr, Gwinnett County, hammond organ trio, Hootenanny, Huntsville Alabama, Jim Lauderdale, Jimmy Hall, John Cowan, Knoxville Tennessee, lefty williams, lilburn georgia, Music, Music Festival, music on main street, Nashville Tennessee, New Orleans, New Orleans music, old-time music, Oteil Burbridge, Papa Mali, ragband, ralph roddenbery, Rev. Jeff Mosier, Rome, Roots Music, Southeast Music, strung like a horse, The Ragbirds, Walker County

Meet Seven Handle Circus & Moontower!

27 Jan

Tell and bring your friends!

I am very excited to welcome to the Hootenanny family the band Seven Handle Circus (performing 9:30pm on Shed Stage, April 5) from Atlanta! This sextet brings it every time and has been paving nice roads around the Southeast since they formed in 2010, and their music has been described as “bad-ass bluegrass” with the “drive and energy of a rock band.” Chandler May from Atlanta Music Guide sums it up nicely following a performance where they performed as a trio (Seven Handle Sideshow), opening for Justin Townes Earle in December of 2012 ~

“Their songs have the pop sensibility of Mumford and Sons and the joie de vivre of Yonder Mountain String Band. Folky three part harmonies filled the air as the Sideshow plucked their way through many original numbers, my favorite being “I’ve Been Around The World“. The opening guitar riff immediately grabs you, and the hook most definitely ‘brings you back’.”

Here’s a clip from their most recent performance at Terminal West last year. Needless to say, they have that “it” factor going on!

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Moontower returns for a second appearance (performing 11:30pm on Shed Stage, April 5) at TDawg’s Back Porch Hootenanny, and folks are pumped! These fellas have built quite the loyal following and for good reason. Mixing a strong dose of original material with the perfect covers, their music propels your groove as well as any fine jam ever has. The video below is from their previous Hootenanny appearance in September of 2012 performing an epic 27 minute jam with the help of Benji Shanks on slide guitar that is one of the more unlikely medleys you’ve heard in a while. Enjoy!

Tags: americana, Art, Atlanta, banjo, bibb city ramblers, Big Daddy Love, Birmingham, bluegrass, bluegrass music, blues music, Bruce Hampton, Buddy Miller, Caroline Aiken, chattanooga, Chattanooga bluegrass, Chattanooga Tennessee, Cherokee Farms, donna hopkins, entertainment, Events, fiddle, Funk, GA, Grammy Award, Grant Green, High Strung String Band, Hootenanny, Huntsville Alabama, Jeff Styles, Jim Lauderdale, Jimmy Hall, John Cowan, Knoxville Tennessee, lefty williams, Moontower, Music, Music Festival, Nashville Tennessee, New Orleans, New Orleans music, North Carolina music, old-time music, Oteil Burbridge, Papa Mali, ralph roddenbery, Rev. Jeff Mosier, Rome, Roots Music, Seven Handle Circus, Southeast Music, string band, strung like a horse, The Ragbirds, Walker County, WNCW, WUTC

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TDawg Presents

Frank Hamilton School Community Appearances & Concerts!

Upcoming Frank Hamilton School Concerts

The Hamilton Hoopla Around the Corner!

Hamilton Hoopla, Joe Craven Workshop, Jugtime Ragband All in December!

Music Improvisation with Joe Craven

Frank Hamilton School Relocation & Other Happenings!

TDawg’s Back Porch Hootenanny ~ How Sweet It Is

Frank Hamilton School Concert Series Off & Running!

Learn More About Frank Hamilton School and the Living Music Icon!

TDawg’s Summer Hoot Aug 9!

Meet Seven Handle Circus & Moontower!

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