let s give her another hand. that was just fantastic. when i started being mayor of 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
i think we know the most popular place to watch a giant game is going to be this city. our city is blessed with many wonderful one-of-a-kind institutions that are no less part of san francisco than the golden gate bridge, such as the world s longest-running musical revue, beach blanket babylon. yes. [applause] so we have a special treat for you today. beach blanket babylon together with mayor lee have created a special musical tribute to tony bennett in honor of all the things he has done to our city done for our city. i m honored to present this to our friend, tony bennett. the fabulous tony bennett home the world all seems to know sang a song about this town and it left our city of low aglow grammy awards, and the awards, and a kennedy nominate a star on hollywood and vine all to honor his legacy he s a painter his picasso he s got the class of fred astaire and today, we are gathered here to show you just how much we care you hold our hearts in san francisco s
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 first time, a song that would become a worldwide and the mind forever with our city. i m talking about, of course, i left my heart in san francisco. 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,
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 grow up with the values and the shared values that he has. this is such a wonderful opportu
county of san been cisco, the honorable edwin m. lee the 43rd mayor of the city and county of san francisco. [applause] mayor lee: wow, welcome to city hall. and thank you, beach blanket babylon. what a wonderful performance. let s give her another hand. that was just fantastic. when i started being mayor of 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 tribut