TUCSON, Ariz.—Music teacher Mary O’Neil and her husband Gene, a pilot and a marketing professional, attended Shen Yun’s evening show at the Linda Rondstadt Music Hall on Feb. 11. The couple was stunned by the beauty and the spirit of the performance.
According to its website, Shen Yun’s orchestra is the first in the world to permanently combine classical Western and Chinese instruments. Seamlessly blending traditional Eastern melodies with powerful Western orchestration, Shen Yun’s music has won the praise of musicians and critics worldwide.
“I’m crying right now. It’s so beautiful,” she said.
“It’s truly divine—[Shen Yun] unites the whole world, and that’s what’s most important,” Mr. O’Neil said. ”The most important aspect is for everyone to remember who they really are.”
“We are all divine and we are all waking up. Shen Yun does a wonderful job in reminding people what they have forgotten and what they need to remember,” he said.
Mr. O’Neil said that not only is Shen Yun’s theme magnificent, it displays “the true unity humanity.”
If she gets the chance, Mrs. O’Neil would like to tell the Shen Yun artists, “thank you from the bottom of our hearts,“ for highlighting the principles of truth, compassion, and forbearance—”they came across very beautifully and it’s a message for all humanity.”
“Every time they perform the show, they uplift everyone who’s watching,” she said.
“[Shen Yun] is an antidote to this crazy world—it helps to heal everyone,” he said.
