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Shen Yun ‘Soothing to Our Soul,’ Says Businessman

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Shen Yun ‘Soothing to Our Soul,’ Says Businessman
Joan and Philip Koonce attend Shen Yun Performing Arts at American Bank Center Selena Auditorium in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Feb. 15, 2022. Yi Chun/The Epoch Times
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas—Many Americans throughout the pandemic have chosen put their trust in the divine in order to live their lives cautiously but freely. Joan and Philip Koonce are among such Americans and shared that living their lives by trusting in God saw Mr. Koonce book tickets to see Shen Yun Performing Arts perform live.

“Our God has greater plans,” said Mr. Koonce, a businessman who is also engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry.

We don’t live in fear of the pandemic.
Joan Koonce

“We don’t live in fear of the pandemic,” Ms. Koonce, an interior designer, added. “So we’re careful and … we’re comfortable, we take cautions when needed, other than that, we live our life.”

The couple decided to celebrate Valentine’s Day by enjoying the beauty of Shen Yun together.
“I tell people at church on Sunday, we’re coming on Tuesday to Shen Yun for our date,” Mr. Koonce said.
He added that experiencing Shen Yun in person soothed his soul.

“Soothing to our soul is how I would describe it. Very soothing to our soul, our inner being, our inner peacefulness,” he said. “We have so much distraction trying to make us upset and hurt us, but a show like this just puts our soul at peace—beautiful.”

New York-based Shen Yun tours the globe to showcase “China before communism,” and puts on a new production every year so audiences always have something new to look forward to.

“We will be an example of spreading the word of how beautiful the performance is, and we look forward to another year of seeing it since they change it up. Even if they didn’t change it up, I would still love coming and even bringing family,” Ms. Koonce said.

Her husband agreed: “I was thinking during the show that I would love to bring our two daughters and our sons-in-law. I would love to sponsor that, whether that’s here, San Antonio, or Austin. We were blown away. This is just beautiful.”

The company’s mission is to revive 5,000 years of Chinese civilization through traditional dance and music, to show the true essence of Chinese culture before the takeover by today’s communist regime.

“We’ve become a fan, absolutely, and I look forward to learning more about the background and the heritage. I know my husband did his study on it before coming here, but this was my surprise for Valentine’s so I’m fairly new to learning about this, but I do want to look further into learning the heritage of all of this.”

“The thing that made me upset was the communism that took over a beautiful China, and that just communism has destroyed a beautiful culture,” Mr. Koonce added.

Seeing the athletic dancers of Shen Yun also inspired Mr. Koonce to become more active.

“I’m going to go back to the gym after this; I’m going to do the splits in 6 months! I’m going to get more flexible,” he said.

Reporting by Yi Chun and Maria Han.
The Epoch Times is a proud sponsor of Shen Yun Performing Arts. We have covered audience reactions since Shen Yun’s inception in 2006.
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