it s a great honor to be here. my name is debby dirsh, san francisco native. i d like to welcome you to the annual cable car bell ringing contest. i would like to introduce mr. ford. welcome to the 47th annual cable car bell ringing competition. this is one of a kind. this is a comptation competition for the world championship and thank you for coming. i also have to thank our cable car grip men and conductors. every day they help move people around our city, they re great ambassadors and do a great job entertaining visitors to our fine city. we have two members from the mta board, bruce oka and malcolm hideke here today. i d like to thank our judges. we have judges representing a lot of president businesses here in the union square area. with that, to all the mta employees and fine citizens of san francisco, thank you for joining us today and thank you for your support. matt ford, ladies and gentlemen. the bell ringing competition is a two-part event today. we have pro
skilled craftsmen, inspectors, and engineers that bring to light to plans and divisions of the designers, dedicated workers to whom today s spot light belongs. on this occasion, i would like to thank the department cindy and the department for all of its support and partnership. the toll bridge oversight committee for its leadership. the design joint venture for its vision. the careful dpmc who carefully crafted these pieces together, a special thanks for the crescent ship, the professional skill, innovation in meeting the challenge of constructing this unprecedented structure. i want to echo scott hagerty s comments that this milestone, while meaningful, is but a step in the ultimate journey of restoring this bridge to seismic safety. on behalf of over 300 employees that are building this bridge even as we speak for the team of american bridge and floor, i want to pledge to you our best efforts in working with you our best efforts to complete it as safely and quickly as
[ringing bells] [applause] ah-ha! yes! oh, yeah. frank ware, ladies and gentlemen! got a little body english in there. frank ware. our fifth contestant is his second time to qualify for the finals. he is a grip. he s been with muni for nine years and spent seven years with the cable car division. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome mr. trini whittaker. so trini like i told frank, the cable car has two people. who would you take as your second person? my son. my son loves the cable cars. oh, that s fantastic. work on the sentimal sentimental vote. very smart. very smart. ladies and gentlemen, mr. trini whitaker. [ringing bells] [applause] nice. trinny whitaker, ladies and gentlemen. our sixth contestant is qualifieding for the qualifying for the very first time today. he s a conductor. he s been with muni 15 years, with the cable car division nine years. please welcome joseph hsu. mr. hsu, how s it going? if you weren t driving a cable car, what would you be
[applause] nice. trinny whitaker, ladies and gentlemen. our sixth contestant is qualifieding for the qualifying for the very first time today. he s a conductor. he s been with muni 15 years, with the cable car division nine years. please welcome joseph hsu. mr. hsu, how s it going? if you weren t driving a cable car, what would you be doing? watching tv? so you can play the drums and watch perry mason at noon at the same time. sounds good to me. ladies and gentlemen, mr. joseph hsu. [ringing bells] [applause] joseph hsu, ladies and gentlemen. joseph hsu. now, all those six men are competing against this man, ladies and gentlemen. we left him for last simply because he was the 46th annual cable car bell ringing champion. ladies and gentlemen, he s been with muni for nine years, eight years on the cable car. let s hear it for two-time winner mr. leonard oates. [applause] go good to see you, leonard. up got the gloves on. i see you are ready. you and i have a city in
moment in history and all the work that has been done by the bay bridge team and basically conclude the ceremony portion of what we are going to be doing today. for those of you in the media that are going to be taking the boat trip, i need to talk with you for a few minutes, so give us basically invented to excuse everybody. those of you in the media, please stay right here. i m going to go over the next steps we have to do to go out on the water to see this thing very closely. also, thank you to the warriors for showing up today, and taking this icon literally on to their uniforms. thanks, everybody. one minute, media. it s a great honor to be here. my name is debby dirsh, san francisco native. i d like to welcome you to the annual cable car bell ringing contest. i would like to introduce mr. ford. welcome to the 47th annual cable car bell ringing competition. this is one of a kind. this is a comptation competition for the world championship and thank you for coming.