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Conversations with Kimi, hey oh
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Hello, my name is Ajabola Tajuddin, but you can call me Kimi
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And today you're watching Conversations with Kimi, a show where we ask stuff and we make stuff
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This season, we'll be making music to go with NPT's holiday show theme, jazz
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Be sure to come check us out December 14th and 15th. I'll be there
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Now please help me in welcoming this episode's guest, Miss Claus with a Z
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Oh, thank you, Kimi! It's it's Kimi. Oh, it's it's Kimi Kimi like key
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Oh, I always thought that was kind of a weird name for a little boy I mean, you're not a little boy, but to me I'm a hundred some years old
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Yeah, yeah, yeah So how was being a mayor? Oh, thank you. I guess I won the
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Mayorship of the North Pole last year of course. I'm with the red and green party
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You know what it was fine. I got to meet a lot of people I think we made some good changes at the North Pole You know things are warming up so it a little nerve for everybody there But I think that we doing some good things there I put a lot of the elves to work that for sure I just kind of felt like I wasn being able to express my artistic side anymore
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I mean, it was all politics for me. I don't know. Chris, Miss Claus, this is Chris Coogan, our musical director and jazz musicians
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Nice to meet you. Jazz. Jazz. Oh, that's wonderful. Well, thank you. You know, I just helped Kimi write a jazzy new bumper for his show, Conversations with Kimi
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What's a bumper? Well, the theme music. Oh, a theme song! I have a theme song
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You do? I have a theme song. Let's sing it a little bit. Ready? Okay. It's Clause with a Z, not Clause with an S. Clause with an S
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Not Z instead of S. Clause instead of Clause. If I could interrupt, could you do it a little jazzier
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I don't know. I don't know. Too much about jazz. Come to my piano, let me show you
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Whoa, okay. Oh, this is fun. Oh, I love learning new things
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I think I'm pretty good at this, too. It's clause with a Z, not clause with an S
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I really think this comes natural to me
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You're a natural. Oh my goodness. I've never had that much fun in my whole life
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So, Chris, if I was interested in learning a little more how to really sing jazz and develop my inner jazzer
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would you be able to come out to the North Pole? Oh, sure. I'd be great
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Oh, good. We could call you Nat King Cole. I think that would be super fun
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So we could have lessons maybe like every day or so. I mean my goal for something my goal I don hold back What would Mr Claus say though Oh he got a lot of other stuff on his plate right now He not going to miss me at all He encourages me And the elves encourage me They all happy And I give up my mayorship and it just a one appointment anyway
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So, I mean, I'm done in November. So may you come out mid-November
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Sounds good. Okay. Oh, good. I'm so excited. Should I just keep doing that
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Keep going. Well, thank you so much for joining us here on Conversations with Kimi
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I hope you guys enjoyed the episode with Miss Claus with a Z. And thank you guys so much
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And I hope you guys remember your voice is your power. So use it. Kimi out
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Conversations with Kimi is produced with support from the Department of Economic and Community Development, Connecticut Office of the Arts
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which also receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency
