Boston Pops, UConn puppet masters join up in Symphony Hall

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — When Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart asked the University of Connecticut to provide a guest narrator to read "A Visit From St. Nicholas" during a 2014 holiday concert at the school, he was expecting to get UConn's president or perhaps a distinguished professor. Instead, the school provided an orange puppet named Skip Toumalou, dressed in a Santa hat, to read the famous poem.

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — When Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart asked the University of Connecticut to provide a guest narrator to read "A Visit From St. Nicholas" during a 2014 holiday concert at the school, he was expecting to get UConn's president or perhaps a distinguished professor. Instead, the school provided an orange puppet named Skip Toumalou, dressed in a Santa hat, to read the famous poem.…