schering the sharing economy. that is our last question. i want to close quickly just by saying that our view about technology is that he is not an inanimate object that controls our destiny. it is something that we decide and what we want. i feel like this is a very constructive conversation that is a stark about what kind of society we want to have, what kind of people we want to have. i want to thank the mayor, spur, our awesome panelists for a very rewarding panel. thank you. [applause] gentlemen, the voice of the san francisco giants and his radio personality kiss radio personality, ranelle brooks moon. thank you so much. thank you, everybody. thank you so much. happy valentine s day, and good afternoon, san francisco. [applause] i am so honored and thrilled to be part of today s celebration. we re going to have a great time as we salute a living legend today. it was 50 years ago, high atop noob nob hill in the venetian hotel that tony bennett sang a song for the
countless projects such as your exploring the arts foundation and your founding of the frank sinatra school for the arts. you have proved to be a timeless link between artistic generations. and, of course, your inspiration continues with such incredible and wonderful projects as your recent duets ii cd. i have a copy. anybody else? [applause] and check this out, mr. bennett picked up two grammy awards sunday night for that album. [applause] so we congratulate you on that. i believe if you are scoring at home, that makes it 17 grammys in his career. [applause] what we love well, we love the cd, but today, we have gone one step further. not just a duet, but an extraordinary trio. i m pleased to present this trio, performing for the first time together, young people from the choir of the san francisco school of the arts, the san francisco boys chorus, and the san francisco girls chorus, take it away. [applause] the loveliness of paris seems somehow sadly gay the glory
the city, i turned to our protocol officer and said, you know, charlotte, we are going to do a lot of work this year, but these years forthcoming, as we work hard, i want to also have fun. isn t this fun? all right. [applause] this is our 50th anniversary of the wonderful song, i left my heart in san francisco. tony, it is wonderful for you to be here and grace us and honor us with your presence. your 17 grammys are just so unprecedented. you just won two more this past week, and what a wonderful career. congratulations, tony. i want to thank our school of the arts. i want to thank our boys and girls choruses. thank you. wonderful performances. it is a fitting tribute that our boys and girls choruses and ouryouth our yout are here today to perform because they reflect tony s dedicated career to ensure the future of arts education. we have seen what he has done and seen what his support is, and he is encouraging youth to be leaders on and off the stage, to make sure they
and what better way to celebrate valentine s day then with a tribute to the most famous love song ever dedicated to our home town by our city s most beloved troubadour, mr. tony bennett? [applause] and now, everyone, please join the san francisco symphony and our chief of protocol, charlotte schulz, here on stage in welcoming our host, mayor edwin m. lee and first lady anita lee, and the man of the our, our special guest, mr. tony bennett. [applause] the man of the our the man of the hour, our special guest, mr. tony bennett. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] that is the way you make an entrance, right? [applause] well, mayor lee, mrs. lee, and honored guests, for 50 years, the sounds of tony bennett and his rendition of i left my heart in san francisco has said to the world that this city by the bay is the capital of love, beauty, and a unique style that made it one of the plan its tourist destinations. mr. bennett, your voice is the voice of san francisco, a
is i taught that student to work on the bay bridge. taught the student operating the crane that student was in my class. our goal is to have a core group of people, we are hoping it s over 50 percent of your grads complete and become journey people andup standing good roll models and citizens. the largest public works our city has season in many years going on now the private project that 1 rincon hill. huge project. we had 5 or 6 people work on that project thus far. the rebuilding of the academy of science in golden gate park. the rebuilding of our public hospital laguna honda this is on going work with the same contract ors that move successful apprentices from one project to another and keep them working for several years. the construction workers of the future to be the superintendents the construction owners. that s the perfect thing there. that s success. gentlemen, the voice of the san francisco giants and his radio personality kiss radio personality, ranelle broo