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From West Virginia Public Broadcasting Welcome to our holiday jazz celebration Joy to the world.

With the anus Bob Thompson and his band featuring special guest vocalist, Zara vody.

Major funding is provided by AARP West Virginia.

And by the West Virginia lottery and it feels great.

I never thought I would be sitting here saying the show's been here for 30 years, you know, and this week I've been, you know, thinking back of all the guest singers that we've had all the musicians that have played on the show.

So it's really, really a joy to still be here doing this This year is Zehra.

Bodie and I met Zehra this summer this past summer at the Augusta Heritage Festival and she came in from Vermont at the last minute to to help us out during swing week and the minute I heard her you wow we have to have her she has such a great voice cheers no jet snipping as you know you died Carol's being sung by her folks just like as cool Eskimo everybody knows song Turkey Ensign this will help to make the season bread tiny towns with their eyes will find it hard to know that Sue is on his way he's loaded lots of goodies on his sleeve this child is on smile deceive room do you really know how?

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Although it's been said many times many ways every Sam just on his way he's loaded lots of goodies on Slack and remote this child is gonna spy to see brain do no harm for kids from one night in spins said many times many ways Maverick Maverick the Christmas tree is the man in red and the lady with the bell the kids are writing notes again it's time to sing no they're Christmas shopping John John it's time Bobby Evans with Jacob is not so it's Christmas in the right let's start with Jacob Jacob?

It's not so good this All right come on Jake.

Good job.

OC Nick Okay.

We have guest instrumentalists?

Dr. James Moore.

And James is a great trumpet player.

And we've been trying to get an opportunity to play together for for many years and then this came up.

Wow.

Let's get James.

And but he's plays around the Pittsburgh area, you know, he performed some with his own trio and also rod, the great Roger Humph up there and his man, but he came to West Virginia actually to run the jazz program at West Virginia Wesleyan.

And now he's the president of West Virginia Wesleyan.

So that's what he does in his spare time, you know, when he's not playing as hard Hi?

James Moore well this year, one of the things that we're doing since it's 30 is we're going back and bringing some of the arrangements back from the early days of the show.

And one of them is Angels we have heard on high and had sets been one of my favorite arrangements of all time that we've done on the show Another one that was really a surprise to me was one that Judy Garland saying called after the holidays and it's a really poignant tune the talking about you know you're here now and we're having all of this fun but where will you be after the holidays after all of this is over you know Will you still be here that's a great time stay with me till after the holiday when I say till after the holidays I can let you go Oh this chorus alone after ah wonderful who is my swim?

Oh to me believe Lizzie just stay with me till after the holidays I know it's hard but try trying to protect this charisma alone after charisma sweep me believe just stay with me till after the holiday No it's hard but we can say goodbye It's the most wonderful time of the year with the kids jingle belling and everyone telling you be a good gene It's the most wonderful time the it's the half a season they'll be much missile toeing and hearts will be glowing season hosting marshmallows get rolling out in the snow.

They'll be scary ghost stories and as on the glories of Christmas It's the most wonderful time of the much missile tolling in Hartlepool big glowing when someone's most wonderful time Hard is for hosting marshmallows for toasting and caroling out in the snow.

They'll be scary ghost stories and tales of the glories Christmas is long, long ago wonderful time everyone showing you me have a wonderful time.

It's the most wonderful time it's the most wonderful marching to Magi, you know, and it's a minor key and it lends itself to, you know, different interpretations.

So we have a swing version of that still has the feeling of a march You know, I really owe a debt of gratitude to West Virginia Public Broadcasting because they stood me behind the shelf from its inception from the beginning where we were just getting started and you know, we were trying to promote it trying to get people here in the audience.

And now we always have great crowds.

And I'm thankful for the people who come to the show they're the reason that we've really gone on for 30 years you know, the fact that they come and are looking forward to the show that gives us the inspiration to keep doing it is my future far away Christmas past is the past Christmas present is here today bringing joy there we'll have yourself Merry Christmas let your heart be from now on Have you seen Oh, Merry Little Christmas make the you die.

troubles Happy Golden day of you faithful friends do to gather near to one small through we all will be together here's the face oh stop must know.

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