“We came a long way to see [Shen Yun],” said Mr. Parrot, who had invited his friend Jane.
Mr. Parrott is the former owner and chairman of several businesses, including Grange Insurance, Group Delphi, and Highmark Technologies. He has 50 years of achievements in business and community service.
“I enjoyed everything,” Jane said. “The dancing, the music, the history, the color. It was just very uplifting, and spiritually, very soothing.”
Jane described herself as a very spiritual person.
“I felt that the Chinese people can carry long-held beliefs forward through this beautiful antrum of dance and music, [it’s] magnificent because it just spreads to everyone,” she said.
Mr. Parrott said he had been swept away by Shen Yun. “The colors were resplendent and the dancers were magnificent … [the] music extraordinary. And the backdrops and all the dynamics, I loved it.”
He attributed his joy and feelings of being very uplifted to the combination of the music, color, dance, and backdrops. The performance exuded a positive spirituality that Mr. Parrott said was touching.
Pastor Appreciates Shen Yun’s Emphasise on Truthfulness
Also in the audience were Mrs. Cynthia Haney, Mr. Bryant Haney, and Miss Erin Haney.Mr. Haney, a pastor from the Spirit of Joy Church, remarked how he appreciated the performance’s emphasise on the virtue of truthfulness.
“That’s kind of rare nowadays. We don’t always get truth, and so to hear [people whose] mission in life is to speak the truth, is a wonderful character trait and belief. So that meant a lot to me in a world that is losing that [ability],” he said.
“[The performers’] love and their compassion and their dedication to faith is wonderful. I love their message regarding atheism and evolutionism—that was refreshing and it’s a statement of the truth, and often that’s not heard, so that was really a fantastic moment,” he said.
Mr. Haney had praise for the dancers and erhu soloist.
Miss Haney appreciated the diligence of Shen Yun’s performers. “I used to be a dancer. I can certainly appreciate all of the work and talent that goes into [Shen Yun],” she said.
She said she also learned something new.
“What really impressed me was the erhu. I had heard of this instrument [but] I’d never gotten to really hear it play or hear how special it was to the tone of Chinese music. You could feel your emotions just fluctuate as the piece progressed and it’s amazing that here, an instrument with only two strings, could accomplish something like that,” she explained.
