Union Bank of California promo. Beautifully danced by Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu. SF own local halau, lend their talking hands to the story of the city by the bay.
I recently had contact with the dire...
Union Bank of California promo. Beautifully danced by Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu. SF own local halau, lend their talking hands to the story of the city by the bay.
I recently had contact with the director, Jim Yager, and he provided some background on this amazing work of art.
Jim: "It was inspired when I saw Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu perform their choreography of this song at KQED for an event. It was one of those lightning strike moments when I saw the whole film produced in my mind's eye as they were dancing gracefully in front of a black curtain. It was just plain serendipity ..."
"We filmed Hula SF just a few weeks after 9/11 in 2001. We had been making production plans since mid-summer, and had delayed the production a couple of times as their was so much fear and uncertainty in the air here in the city. We finally spent two days with the dancers in all the locations you see in the video in early October, and I will never forget the response from those watching along the sidelines as we filmed. Tears of joy filled their eyes as Mr Bennett's song permeated the air, and the dancers swayed and told the story with their hands. It was a great emotional release for all of us, I think, and a reminder that their was still simple beauty and romance in a world that had been so tilted off its axis. It was one of those pure experiences I will never ever forget. I figured it would air for a few months on KQED and then be forgotten. Amazingly, it's been on their air nearly every day in the six years since then."
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I love this song and have sung this song but I've never been to San Francisco. I'm America's Only Black Sinatra Reginald Blackwell. And I would love to meet Tony I think he would past the torch to me. I've lived Sinatra Songs and I'm the closes singer that living that can give you Sinatra at its best. Please visit me at Youtube and Myspace. Tony He's alway been my man but If I could meet him and sit and talk with him and then sing a number together that would GREAT.
i love this song!!! just love it - as a polynesian girl and also live in the city for 30 yrssssss and as a polynesian dancer and live by the bay and just love this song and love the music, tony is my man and just love the words and just love the girls dancing and the image of san franciscooo is sooooooo beautiful and the lyrics is to die for ...wow i love it ... thank u tony bennett i love u always as it says i left my heart in san francsico..........wow how lovely is this song........man
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i live there. its amazing.
i love it when your on a bus at night and all the lights of the houses look beautiful.