“The tenor was very, very good. The song was touching. The lyrics were very nice. It’s uplifting. 

“It says that life is nothing in this world, we came with nothing and go out with nothing. So the joy that we are looking for is not really here. It is somewhere in the next life. I really love that song.”

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“[In the dance story about the persecution of Falun Gong in China,] the challenges where they are, the oppression of freedom, that’s the one I was really moved by—the choice you have to make in life is that you just have to fight for it. Freedom is not free, and obviously victory will come in the end. We are hoping for that—for China.”

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“The drums were very beautiful and also the flowers, the yellow blossoms, and the handkerchief, my wife likes it.”