Eli Potash Receives a Christmas Gift

Almost homeless Cellist Eli Potash plays on the streets of Salt Lake City, Utah. Many people know of Eli and his cello entertainment and he has become part of the downtown experience.

In this video The Daniel Day Trio mentioned that they wanted to get Eli a new cello and I asked to film the story. We finally tracked Eli down and DDT asked if they could set up and play with him some Christmas songs. Then at the end of playing surprised him with a lighter, better cello than the one that he has been using.

Thank you for viewing and please spread and share this video of a beautiful example of the Christmas spirit!

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 17-35mm f/2.8L
Post: Adobe Premier Pro CS4

Band: Daniel Day Trio
Find them on facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/ddaytrio
Cellist: Eli Potash
Find him playing in the evenings around downtown SLC, in front of Broadway Theater many times.

Filmed and Edited by: Rusty Sessions of Sidewinder Media
Grips and DA's: Tiffany Sims and Bridgette Grogg
Sidewinder Media on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sidewinder-Media/119671261426003?ref=ts

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Comment by sheila webster on December 22, 2010 at 7:04pm: Rusty,

You did a great job. It almost brought me to tears. I love a good christmas story. And this piece tells a great story. Eli is adorable. What a sweet man. Thank you

Comment by Rusty "Sidewinder" Sessions on December 22, 2010 at 9:25pm: Thank you very much! It was cool to be a part of this.

This video has exploded over the internet today! If you want to check out some of the media on it here are some links:

The "tweets":
http://twitter.com/#!/search/daniel%20day%20trio

SLC Weekly:
http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/blog-4784-daniel-day-trios-true-spir...

In Utah Weekly:
http://www.inthisweek.com/view.php?id=2435760

SLC Tribune:

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/50926153-76/potash-cello-trio-dow...

and...
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsburger/50924206-53/eli-facebook-l...

Current TV:
http://current.com/entertainment/music/92879190_almost-homeless-eli...

Here is where Park City TV is going to play their show I think:
http://parkcity.tv/

There are a few random people that are blogging about it here is just one:
http://barbywithaybytch.blogspot.com/2010/12/eli-potash.html#commen...

Comment by Simspix on December 22, 2010 at 10:39pm: Great job Rusty!

I like your exit screen too.

Comment by Rusty "Sidewinder" Sessions on December 22, 2010 at 11:00pm: Thanks Doug. I think the outro took me about as long if not longer than the whole video. But it is done and I think I will keep it that way and add it to the end of my future videos. It was my first playing around with After Affects... and I thought Premier Pro was complicated :(

Comment by Rusty "Sidewinder" Sessions on December 26, 2010 at 10:30pm: Just an update. The DDT/Eli story was picked up by Fox 13 news and they used much of the footage that I took using the 5D Mark II. Check the story out here:

http://www.fox13now.com/videobeta/85abe0fb-2bae-4298-b823-c83202faf...

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