CONTENTS

Notes from homebase >

3 Calendar of Events

Featured Event

4 Songsalive! Membership Manager

5 Winter NAMM Show 2011

6 The Australia focus

7 Our Chapter News: Los Angeles

8 Orange County

9 Chicago

10 Las Vegas

11 Placer County &

San Francisco, NorCal

12 New York City & Long Island, NY

13 Learning and Opportunities

14 Member of the Month: Sabrina & Craig

15 Featured Partners: A-Z Of Music Licensing 2.0 and Bandit A&R Newsletter

16 In The News

17 Sponsored Events

18 Songwriter of the Year Award

19 Get Involved

20 Back page

Songnotes is designed, edited and published this month by Mary Lemanski. We tend to spread the workload around each time.

Dave Harvey & Gilli Moon with Songsalive! Songwriter of the Year Award recipient, Kaye

Reznick

Welcome to the April 2011 edition of Songnotes! We have some big things in the works! Our Songsalive! Member Songwriter of the Year! Is Kaye Reznick – the award was given to Kaye at the Jan. 2011 Los Angeles Showcase. Songsalive! CD Sampler 11 is now finished – we have received some amazing songs from ALL around the world in all different genres of music. This is an exciting CD that features and promotes the artists and their songs to the music industry and the media. It is never retailed and only available at our Songsalive! Chapter events or when we are at Industry Expos and Conferences. The cover art is fab and designed by Australia's own Stephen Kiely. Our member of the Month are Sabrina and Craig, who are long time Songsalive! Elite members and who have just released their new CD “One Home...One Heart”. Our Partner of the Month is our own Gilli Moon, who has released her new book, Just Get Out There. Songsalive! was happy to be back at The Durango Songwriters Expo in Feb. We had a great team running the booth and not only enlisted new members but made many new friends too. We are very happy to announce that Carlos Tambora has joined the Songsalive! Team as the new Membership Coodinator. Many thanks go out to Nancy Haskim who had been the previous membership coordinator for several years – we wish Nancy all best wishes in her future ventures. The Songsalive! Chapters have all been busy with their events and it is great to see that the New York City Chapter is back with the open mic / showcases. We have the new Long Island Chapter coming in May with their first Songwriter's Workshop, and more news on the way.

David Harvey

Executive Director

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Sun. Apr. 17 – gilli moon’s Songsalive! Songcamp – The Finnish

Center – North Hollywood CA

Sun. Apr. 17 – Syndey Showcase – Kelly’s on King – Sydney AUS

Mon. Apr. 18 – Las Vegas Workshop – Sam Ash – Las Vegas NV

Mon. Apr. 18 – Placer County Workshop – Lincoln Music – Lincoln

CA

Tues. Apr. 19 – Orange County Showcase – Sam Ash –

Westminster CA

Sun. Apr. 24 – Orange County Workshop – Spires Restaurant –

Westminster CA

Tues. Apr. 26 – New York Showcase and Open Mic – American

Trash – NYC

Thurs. Apr. 28 - Sat. Apr. 30 – ASCAP “I Create Music” Expo –

Renaissance Hollywood Hotel – Hollywood CA

Tues. May 3 – Sydney Workshop – Canterbury RSL – Sydney AUS

Tues. May 3 – New York Showcase and Open Mic – American

Trash – NYC

www.songsalive.org/chapters for Venue and other details

And where you can subscribe to our calendar as an RSS feed.

FEATURED UPCOMING

SONGSALIVE! EVENT

SONGSALIVE! LONG ISLAND WORKSHOP

Brand new!

WHEN: 1ST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH (starting May 4)

TIME: Starts @6:30PM

WHERE: Sam Ash

269 Walt Whitman Rd # A

Huntington Station, NY 11746-4149

(631) 421-9333

Pre-registrations are crucial. Register your attendance through the

Songsalive! Facebook Group, under EVENTS. If you don't

RSVP you may not be considered for critique.

Introducing Our New Songsalive! Membership Manager

CARLOS TABORA

Handles global membership queries and membership management. Carlos Tabora is a contemporary pianist, Billboard® award-winning songwriter and entrepreneur with more than ten years experience serving professional associations and membership-based organizations. He is originally from Chicago, Illinois and graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in marketing. While he enjoyed a successful career as a marketing, meeting and event planner for various organizations in the association, publishing and financial services industries, Tabora moved out to California to pursue his lifelong dream of music. Influenced by such songwriters and artists as Billy Joel, Elton John, Diane Warren, Ray Charles and Jim Brickman, Tabora continues to develop his craft while performing at coffee houses and other venues throughout Southern California. In 2005, Tabora was the Grand Prize winner in the Billboard World Song Contest with his song, “How Your Love Changes Everything”. Carlos is currently the Internet Community Manager for two social networks he launched in 2010, NewAgePiano.com and SongwriterSpace.com.

Please contact Carlos at membership@songsalive.org with any membership questions you may have.

REVIEWS OF RECENT EVENTS

Winter NAMM 2011 Songsalive! Showcase – Jan. 13th -

Songsalive started off 2011 with a Bang down here in Orange

County, California, as six artists gathered together on a

Thursday afternoon to entertain the crowd at the Starbucks

Coffee inside the beautiful Anaheim Hilton Hotel. The event

was the annual National Association of Music Merchants

(NAMM) winter trade show at the Anaheim Convention

Center. The Hilton came up with the idea of having live

musical performances inside the hotel's Starbucks, and

Songsalive was quick to jump on the bandwagon -- literally!

Six singer/songwriters over two hours, performing in two sets

of three, singing in the round. The performers included Kaye

Reznick (recently selected as the first Songsalive Songwriter

of the Year), Kathleen Blackwell, Annie Calder, Rob Drabkin

(visiting from Colorado), John Stowers, and Mike V. The

crowd ate it up -- both those who were seated, and those who

were just waiting in line for their caramel latte'. Special thanks

to Mark Michlick and Mike V. for helping to set things up and

run sound. And of course, thanks to Gilli Moon for arranging

things with the Hilton -- and thanks to the Hilton for having us!

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WINTER NAMM 2011

Contributor: Rodney O’RileyOrange County Chapter Coordinator

Songsalive! member, Kathleen Victoria Blackwell at the NAMM 2011 -Starbucks Stage >

REVIEWS OF RECENT EVENTS

Songsalive! Sydney Workshop – Dec. 7th - We had a great night… Christmas Party, Music Quizzes and Critiquing.

Sydney Chapter had a good turnout this month, our last Workshop until Feb 2011. CAN’T WAIT FOR SANTA!!!! We had

some members return from Nashville after a few months away. They had a good trip. We played a quiz-type game similar to

Spick & Specks (An Australian TV show on the ABC). We had two teams. Eleanor was Captain of the winning team, and

Dom was the captain of the team that came 2nd. Rita was the host of the games. Thanks to Rita for organising this and to

Eleanor for organising the Christmas treats and nibbles. It was awesome! Well Done to Eleanor’s team who won the night.

This involved questions about music and musicians, who am I, and a game where a team member had to sing the words of a

book to a famous song tune and see who could guess the melody. This is harder than it sounds but a lot of fun. Nearly

everyone presented a song….and some great songs indeed!

Songsalive! Sydney Workshop – Feb. 1st - We kicked off the year on a very hot and sultry February 1st. It was good to see

so many members, some of them new, full of enthusiasm and vigour and ready to launch into another year of creative

fervour. Our guest speakers for the evening were Stephen Kiely and Roxanne Kiely who gave a talk about the decision made

in July last year when The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), announced it had registered a new

code exempting digital commercial radio stations from any local music quotas for 3 years. Then we reviewed a number of

songs, including one or two by new members. Observations were made, wisdoms were shared and there was a laugh or two

besides. All-in-all, a pretty good night!

www.songsalive.org/sydney

Contributors: Roxanne Kiely

Songsalive! Australia Director Of Operations

Rita Bratovich

Workshop Coordinator

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By Roxanne KielyCo-Founder & Director of Operations

SONGSALIVE!AUSTRALIA

(Songsalive! is proudly sponsored by APRA)

REVIEWS OF RECENT EVENTS

Songsalive! Los Angeles Workshop – Feb. 20th - The Feb 2011

LA Workshop was Franne Golde emphasized the importance of

collaboration at the Feb LA Workshop. Songwriting alone can be

insufficient and we all need to find others to co-write songs with.

Songsalive! Los Angeles Showcase – Mar. 4th - TThe Los

Angeles Songsalive! showcase at Hallenbecks on March 4th was a

magical night of great music featuring John Stowers, Dean Dobbins,

Roz Eposito, and Sharon Bautista. March came in like a Lion with an

evening of wonderful original songs. The venue was packed with a

warm, enthusiastic audience. All the artists got a roar of applause at

the end of the evening.

Songsalive! Los Angeles Workshop – Mar. 20th - The March 2011

LA Workshop with Chuck Tennin emphasized the importance of

collaboration with producers, singers, musicians, engineers, and

other skilled technical professionals to produce the best mastered

demo possible or your song. He emphasized getting your song to the

"right level". He talked about how the industry is in current times that

a fully mastered demo is essential for getting many TV and Film and

Advertising placements. Chuck Tennin is the President of Big Fish

Music, one of the leading production and music publishing firms in

Los Angeles.

www.songsalive.org/losangeles

Contributors: Dave Harvey

LA Showcase Coordinator and Workshop Coordinator

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LOS ANGELESCalifornia

Songsalive! member, Suzy Hosner at L.A's Showcase at Hallenbecks

REVIEWS OF RECENT EVENTS

Songsalive! Orange Workshop – Feb. 27th - A small group this timearound, but the discussion was lively -- and the music was terrific! First upR.D. Girard gave us a new song he's been working on about, of all things,music! And the joy of making it. After him was new Elite member LauraSuarez with a heavy blues song (appropriate) about the trials andtribulations of keeping thin. And what a voice! Afterward, Rod O'Rileypresented some of the many important points that had been brought up atthe New Music Seminar earlier in the month.

Songsalive! Orange County Showcase – Mar. 15th - Local and not-local,old friend and new friend joined us in Orange County this time around, andthe results were great. First up was Jimi Yamagishi, joining us on our stagefor the third time, and as professional and well-seasoned a performer asever. With just him and his acoustic guitar, he had the crowd in the palm ofhis hand -- and they went nuts for it. Following Jimi we welcomed MerrillAmos, who is on tour from New York City. She made note of the fact thatthis was her first trip to California, and that we were her first performance onthe West Coast -- and we were certainly honored for that! It only madethings better that she is a great songwriter and a dynamic stage performer,even at the age of 21 -- or 22, the day after the show!

Songsalive! Orange County Showcase – Mar. 27th - Our monthlyworkshop was a bit larger this month than last, and this time around everyperson present gave us a new song to critique, making for two hours oflively discussion. A new face joined us this time: Glen Erickson, a writer offine country songs. His song "Text Message" was a great mixing of classiccountry sensibilities with a very modern context. Laura Suarez (who will bejoining us for our April Monthly Showcase) gave us a song of unrequitedlove that really displayed her impressive voice. Carlos Tabora presentedanother song of lost love, but much darker and more haunting. Continuingthe "theme", Kip Corley gave us an energetic song of love and loss. ThenRod O'Riley took things in a whole other direction with a science fiction songabout dog-people. Yes. And Craig Smetana had another set of lyrics lookingfor music -- this time, about helping those who have "fallen" in their lives.

www.songsalive.org/orangecounty

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Songsalive! member, Jimi Yamagishi at the OC Showcase at Sam Ash, Westminster, CA

ORANGE COUNTYCalifornia

Contributor: Rodney O’RileyOrange County Chapter Coordinator

Songsalive! member, Merrill Amos at the OC Showcase at Sam Ash, Westminster, CA

REVIEWS OF RECENT EVENTS

Songsalive! Chicago Workshop – Jan. 27th - On January27th, the Chicago chapter of Songsalive! held their firstshowcase at the Heartland Cafe. We had three amazingsongwriters perform. Kathy Greenholdt kicked the show offwith her unique acoustic, folk-rock music. Next, JohannaNauraine took the stage, sharing with everyone her eclecticmix of songs from various genres. She entertained the crowdwith stories of how she came to write each song. MaryLemanski ended the night with a rocking set of pop, blues,jazz, and rock. Excellent first showcase!

Songsalive! Chicago Workshop – Mar. 12th - The Chicagochapter of Songsalive! held their first workshop of 2011 onMarch 12th. Joe Nelson, Kevin Sconiers, and Mary Lemanskipresented songs for critique. The songs were great, and thefeedback was very good. The guest speaker was MaryLemanski. She led a discussion about "Tools to Get Movingon Your Songwriting Dreams for 2011." We discussed theimportance of setting goals, and everyone said what theirshort and long term goals as songwriters are. We also talkedabout how Songsalive! can help them reach their songwritinggoals. Next we talked about the steps to take to get a songfrom start to ready for release. Finally, we discussed things toaccomplish to kick start a music e-marketing campaign. Itwas a very educational workshop!

www.songsalive.org/chicago

Contributor: Mary Lemanski, Kevin Sconiers

Chicago Chapter Coordinators

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Songsalive! member, Kathy Greenholdt performing at Songsalive! Chicago January 27th Showcase

CHICAGOIllinois

REVIEWS OF RECENT EVENTS

Songsalive! Las Vegas Workshop – Jan. 17th -We had a small turnout of 9 people in Las Vegas.They group was fun and 3 people shared theirsongs. There were many new people that werecoming to just check it out and are excited aboutcoming back next month. Our other exciting news isthat Ann Parenti will be our new Las Vegas Chaptercoordinator starting in Feb. Mac Light is continuingon as the assistant. I am heading back to school formy Master’s degree and my nights will be in class. Ihave had a wonderful time being the coordinatorand look forward to participating in the group in thenear future.

Songsalive! Las Vegas Workshop – Oct. 18th -Great meeting! It was well attended, and we evengot a visitor from London stop by and perform asong he wrote. Everyone was very helpful in givingfeedback to the writers.

www.songsalive.org/vegas

Contributor: Candace Kruse, Ann Parenti

Las Vegas Chapter Coordinators

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Upcoming April guest speaker, Rob Case, at a past Songsalive! Las Vegas Workshop with Songsalive! Las Vegas members

LAS VEGASNevada

PLACER COUNTY, CA

UPCOMING EVENTS

Placer County Songsalive! Showcase

WHEN: Every Third Monday of the Month

WHERE: Tsuda’s New York Deli103 Sacramento StreetAuburn, CA530-823-2233

TIME: 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm

COVER: $5.00 donation

Open to ALL ages.

With a full evening of entertainment from our premier songwriters.

DIRECTIONS: From Sacramento--Take I-80 East Towards Reno. Exit at Maple Street (this is 1st Auburn Exit). Go one short block to Sacramento Street. Tsuda’s is on the corner on the left.

The Placer County Songsalive Chapter is always looking for members to perform. Visit www.songsalive.org/placercounty and click “Apply to Showcase” to fill out an application.

Contributors: ^ Michael Gregory

Placer County Chapter Coordinator

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In picture: Essence, Songsalive! member, performs at the San Francisco Showcase, Velo Rouge Café, February 2011

SAN FRANCISCO, CA

REVIEWS OF RECENT EVENTS

Songsalive! San Francisco Showcase –Jan. 6th - Songalive! is running a San Francisco showcase series every first Thursday of the month, currently held at Velo Rouge Cafe in San Francisco, CA hosted by local artist Katie Garibaldi. The most recent showcase kicked off the New Year on January 6th and featured a new Songsalive! member, Paul Fifield--a local Bay Area artist. He played two sets, featuring songs off his CD "In My Particular State of Mind." Listen to some of the featured SF Songsalive! artists' music at www.myspace.com/songsalivesf

Songsalive! San Francisco Showcase – Feb. 3rd - Songalive! is running

a San Francisco showcase series every first Thursday of the month,

currently held at Velo Rouge Cafe in San Francisco, CA hosted by local

artist Katie Garibaldi, which features Songsalive! members performing

outstanding original acoustic music. The most recent showcase took

place on February 3rd, and saw a full-house turn-out! The showcase

featured two Bay Area artists, Nomi Harper and Essence.

www.songsalive.org/sanfrancisco

> Katie Garibaldi

San Francisco Chapter Coordinator

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NEW YORK, NY

REVIEWS OF RECENT EVENTS

Songsalive! NYC Showcase & Open Mic –Apr. 5th - We've kicked off NYC's Best Open Micat the all new American Trash. The bar changed ownership, and was out of commission for a little over a month. Tuesday we returned to open mic, and the crowd was great! NYC's Best Open Micwelcomes Songsalive! members. Members get to perform first, and get an extra long set! Great crowd, good audience, amazing musicians!

www.songsalive.org/newyork

Contributors: ^ Dan Schteingart

New York Chapter Coordinator

> Steve Archdeacon

Long Island Chapter

Coordinator

LONG ISLAND, NYBrand New Songsalive! Long Island Workshop

WHEN: 1st Wed of the month -- first workshop is Wed, May 4th, 2011

TIME: 6:30PM - 8:30PM Please be on time.

WHERE: Sam Ash269 Walt Whitman Rd # A

Huntington Station, NY 11746(631) 421-9333

GUEST SPEAKER: Paul Andrejack

For more info visit www.andrejack.com and www.pmarecordingstudios.com

TOPIC: Marketing & Promotions

www.songsalive.org/longisland

LEARNING

ARTICLES ON OUR WEBSITE

CEO: YOU

-- Kathleen Blackwell

Tools to Get Moving on Your Songwriting Dreams for 2011

– Mary Lemanski

2011 Film & Television Composer Census

-- Film Music Magazine

To Pay or Not to Pay to Play the Sunset Strip

– Diamond Bodine-Fischer, LA Weekly

To Read these Articles songsalive.org/articles – Members access only (Backstage)

OPPORTUNITIESMembers, log in an read the Member Blog, filled with up to the minute

opportunities, at

www.songsalive.org/memberblog

under BACKSTAGE

Latest Member opportunities listed on the blog:

Gilli Moon’s Songsalive! Songcamp in Los Angeles

Songsalive! Chicago Showcase and other great events!

Songsalive! Connect Network

Songsalive! GET PROMOTED - a new program for members

Songsalive! Songstudio - a new program to get your songs out and

heard. Get hip with it today...

Songsalive! Songshop - for Elite Members - new leads today

MEMBER OF THE MONTH

Congratulations to our Elite Member of the month featured here. YOU COULD BE THE NEXT SONGSALIVE! MEMBER OF THE MONTH. Elite Members log in to www.songsalive.org/eliterockclub to find out how.

SABRINA & CRAIG"Sabrina and Craig are a wonderfully talented acoustic musical duo who sing in perfect harmony from the heart. They finally have produced a new CD with many of their wonderful songs. One Home..One Heart was recorded live in the studio to capture what is at the core of their music and vision.... Sabrina and Craig have such smart, playful, and wonderfully poignant and warm themes in their music. .... Sabrina and Craig give all the rest of us problems because they make us smile too much; listen and you’ll find yourself smiling too!“

Find out more about Sabrina & Craig in their Songsalive! interview at

www.songsalive.org/members

Congratulations Sabrina & Craig on your new CD and on being named, Songsalive! Member of the Month.

I admit to bias here as I have seen and enjoyed Sabrina and Craig play their songs for years. They are a wonderfully talented acoustic musical duo who sing in perfect harmony from the heart. They finally have produced a new CD with many of their wonderful songs. One Home..One Heart was recorded live in the studio to capture what is at the core of their music and vision. Sabrina and Craig have such smart, playful, and wonderfully poignant and warm themes in their music. Make You Mine is such a fun song – full of passion and romance – and a truly accomplished nod to Spanish Flamingo – between the masterful finger-style guitar work and the castanets. Cats and Dogs is almost a perfect folk song – a beautiful ballad with universal appeal.

Read more of the review at

http://songsalive.org/member-reviews-news

ONE HOME…ONE

HEARTAlbum Review

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Songalive! to offer

a special songwriters' camp

on April 17 As printed in the Los Feliz Examiner

www.examiner.com

by Bob Leggett

Songsalive!, one of the largest educational

organizations for songwriters and composers, will

be offering a special Songwriters Camp, to be

taught by co-founder Gilli Moon. The class will be

offered at the Finnish Center in North Hollywood

(10701 Magnolia Boulevard), from noon to 3 p.m.

on Sunday, April 17, 2011. RSVP ONLY at

www.meetup.com/songsalive.

The class is free to members of Songsalive!, but

costs $10 for non-members.

The program is an impactful, educational and

results-driven three-hour workshop that includes

an intensive, fast co-writing session with other

songwriters who attendees may or may have not

met, and probably never worked with before. The

result of the class is brand new, fabulous songs,

new songwriting relationships, and the knowledge

of the art of positive cooperation and co-writing.

Songwriters will be split into groups and then

asked to write a song in a short time period.

Completing a song in a short amount of time takes

discipline, cooperation and focus. Attendees will

also perform their songs to the full group during the

last quarter of the Workshop. The Songsalive!

Songcamp has been designed after many

journeys, learnings and collective thought by

Songsalive! president, Gilli Moon.

This is a lot of fun so bring your ideas and open

mind! Attendees also need to bring a few other

things:

1. Musical instruments. VERY important. Guitars

and keyboards are preferred as the best writing

tools. (If you don’t play an instrument, and write

lyrics, that’s ok.)

2. A packed lunch. (Snacks provided)

3. Pad and pencils

4. A creative and open mind

Please note there will be no song critiques for this

special Workshop. To learn more about the

Songsalive! Songcamps, go to

www.songsalive.org/songcamp and WATCH THE

VIDEO. It really takes you through what our

Songcamps are about.

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Co-founder of Songsalive!, Gilli currently oversees

the Songsalive! operations worldwide as President.

She is an Australian singer, songwriter, recording

artist, pianist, actor, producer, author, painter,

motivator, entrepreneur, as well as a visionary and

empowering community builder. You might say

Gilli is the quintessential renaissance woman, with

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SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD

Songsalive! President, Gilli Moon, and Songsalive! Executive Director, Dave Harvey present Kaye Reznick with the Songsalive! Songwriter Of The Year Award

Songsalive! is pleased to announce our first (inaugural) SONGSALIVE! SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD, which will be an ongoing yearly award.

For the first one, 2010, we awarded Los Angeles based Songsalive! Elite Member, KAYE REZNICK.

Kaye Reznick is a contemporary folksinger/songwriter, performing primarily in

L.A.'s acoustic venues. Kaye creates stories containing a blend of family, a measure of protest,

a pinch of love & lust, and a good portion of irreverence, and ALL in harmony, and shepicks a

sweet fingerstyle guitar too. Kaye represents the best of the spirit of Songsalive! Visit her website

at http://www.myspace.com/kayereznick

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Join The Songsalive! TeamVolunteer Positions Open:

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Songsalive! Web Coordinator - iCoordinator

To update and maintain our website and social networks content, look and feel, as well

as engage our members and new, potential songwriter members, to interact in our

organization through blogs, social networks and our website.

LA Chapter Coordinator

Manage the membership, programs, events, and team for the greater Los Angeles area.

Songsalive! Business Development Manager

Manage our Partnerships, sponsorships and music industry relations for the benefit of

our members and organization

Songsalive Special Events Coordinator

Organizes and manages the set-up and staffing of Songsalive booths at events. Includes

developing a plan and logistics, getting volunteers to staff the booth, set-up and

supplies, sales of Songsalive! Merch, actively promoting Songsalive! and enlisting

new members, and writing a post-event report.

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