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OF PARTICIPANTS INCREASED BY 11, WITH THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS REBOUNDING
TOWARD PRE PANDEMIC NUMBERS THERE WERE 36,420 PARTICIPANTS IN 2019.  THIS
YEARS PARTICIPANT NUMBERS WERE ABOUT 3,000 ABOVE THE COUNT IN 2020.
LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF CONTACTS REPORTED IN 2022, THERE WAS A DECREASE OF
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