Entrepreneur Appreciates Quality of Shen Yun: ‘It’s a shame just to keep it to ourselves’

“The whole dancing was so spectacular. They are so rhythmic, so agile, so fluid, and that was beautiful.”
Entrepreneur Appreciates Quality of Shen Yun: ‘It’s a shame just to keep it to ourselves’
Mr. Costa, a Geelong native, has been a prominent figure in the region for more than four decades. (NTDTV)
4/3/2009
Updated:
11/17/2009
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Mr. Costa, a Geelong native, has been a prominent figure in the region for more than four decades. (NTDTV)

GEELONG, Australia—Highly acclaimed Shen Yun Performing Arts 2009 World Tour performed in Geelong on April 3, Victoria’s second largest city in a beautiful coastal setting.

At the popular Costa Hall, a modern 1,500-seat concert auditorium at Deakin University’s waterfront campus, an enthusiastic audience was captivated by the sights and sounds of ancient China that came alive.

Aussie rules football is a passion in Geelong and among the audience was Mr. Frank Costa, the president of the Geelong Football Club.

Mr. Costa, a Geelong native, has been a prominent figure in the region for more than four decades, and along with his brothers, he built up his family’s produce business to become one of Australia’s largest companies of its kind. Mr. Costa is also well-known as a philanthropist, and is a recipient of the Order of Australia. The Costa Hall was named after him.

Mr. Costa said that he was very privileged to be at the show tonight, “I’ve had a most enjoyable evening.”

He said that there was just so much about the show he enjoyed. ”First, the costumes, I’ve never seen such beautiful, colorful, warm costumes. And then the whole dancing was so spectacular. They are so rhythmic, so agile, so fluid, and that was beautiful.

“There was a message in each dance, and it was an uplifting message—it was one of joy, happiness, bright future, hope, all those things rolled into one.

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Shen Yun performed at the popular Costa Hall, a modern auditorium at Deakin University's waterfront campus. (A Ming/The Epoch Times)
“It was a wonderful privilege to be here. I thought it was great for Geelong to have this wonderful concert come to our city. It’s very, very good.”

Mr. Costa mentioned that he had never seen anything like the Shen Yun show before. “This is a great experience for me. Well, I’m overwhelmed actually, because I didn’t know what to expect. I knew it was about the culture of yesteryear, and they were trying to bring back the history and culture of China going back 5,000 years, but I didn’t know it was such a graceful, dramatic, live, beautiful style. You’ve got to see it to really appreciate it.

“To [everyone], I tell you seriously, if you get an opportunity to tell your friends to come and see this particular show [Shen Yun], please pass on the news, because everybody will appreciate the quality of this show that we’re seeing tonight. And it’s a shame just to keep it to ourselves. We should spread the word.”

The guiding mission of Shen Yun Performing Arts is to rediscover and renew humanity’s true, rightful cultural heritage. The company thus creates and performs works that center upon the true, divinely bestowed culture of humankind.

This story was written with files from NTDTV, a media partner of The Epoch Times.

The Epoch Times is a proud sponsor of the Shen Yun Performing Arts 2009 World Tour. For more information please visit ShenYunPerformingArts.org

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