DogStar - Kovan Baldwin

So, well, I know the answer to this, but were you born in Minnesota or how did you end up in Minnesota? So I was actually born in

Seattle, Washington.

Oh.

But I only spent...

I would say probably four years out of my life in Seattle.

When I was two, I moved to Minneapolis with the stint of, I guess, two months in Michigan when I was a baby.

And then I went to high school in Seattle from ninth to 10th grade.

And then I moved back and finished up high school in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Oh my goodness, okay.

Yeah, popping back and forth a little bit.

But around four, maybe you have some musical memories from that early or soon after here in Minnesota?

Yeah, absolutely.

So one of my earliest memories was when I was in second grade, and my music teacher, out of all the kids in the school, she handpicked me to sing a solo in front of Minnesota Twins players that were coming to our school.

What? Yeah.

Yeah.

That's an honor.

And at so young, did you recognize how much weight that carried? I

didn't recognize it until after the fact.

And she told me, you know, like, I saw that you had a gift.

And because, to be honest, you know, I actually was able to find that video coverage.

And after watching it, I was very nervous because I was, like, biting my nails and had my hand in my pocket and everything.

And, you know, I just...

But it did give me the confidence to know that, hey, you know, I can sing in front of a large group of people.

Wow.

That

So, well, I know the answer to this, but were you born in Minnesota or how did you end up in Minnesota? So I was actually born in

Seattle, Washington.

Oh.

But I only spent...

I would say probably four years out of my life in Seattle.

When I was two, I moved to Minneapolis with the stint of, I guess, two months in Michigan when I was a baby.

And then I went to high school in Seattle from ninth to 10th grade.

And then I moved back and finished up high school in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Oh my goodness, okay.

Yeah, popping back and forth a little bit.

But around four, maybe you have some musical memories from that early or soon after here in Minnesota?

Yeah, absolutely.

So one of my earliest memories was when I was in second grade, and my music teacher, out of all the kids in the school, she handpicked me to sing a solo in front of Minnesota Twins players that were coming to our school.

What? Yeah.

Yeah.

That's an honor.

And at so young, did you recognize how much weight that carried? I

didn't recognize it until after the fact.

And she told me, you know, like, I saw that you had a gift.

And because, to be honest, you know, I actually was able to find that video coverage.

And after watching it, I was very nervous because I was, like, biting my nails and had my hand in my pocket and everything.

And, you know, I just...

But it did give me the confidence to know that, hey, you know, I can sing in front of a large group of people.

Wow.

That