“It’s the goodness. Every performance has a theme. It’s just the goodness in life. Of course, good always prevails. And to be good to others. That’s what it’s about,” said Jim Spinetta, owner of Charles Spinetta Winery, after seeing the performance at the Harris Center.
“Get away from these little devices and get back to what we grew up with. So it’s good to just set it down and get back to our roots,” he said.
“Exactly. We all need to be prepared. Be ready. So don’t be ready when it’s too late. Be ready now. Be good to yourself and be good to others,” said Mr. Spinetta.
“These are all adages, things that we all need to live by. And that’s what makes us a better world—better nation. And it shows that COVID kind of brought us back to it. We are people; we are gregarious. We need each other. And that’s what those things showed us. Just be aware the signs are there,” shared Mr. Spinetta.
“There’s a lot of ancient history there that I was unaware of,” he said.
When people think of China today, most of the time people think of the Chinese Communist Party. Much of traditional Chinese culture was destroyed when communism took power in China, so today’s people are strangers to the traditional China.
“I wasn’t familiar with that, so I’m still trying to assimilate it and understand it. I plan to do more research after this,” said Mr. Kaufman.
He felt that Shen Yun was depicting a “celebration of life. The culture was very ancient. And maybe some relationship to what is going on today in China versus some of the old intentions.”
He complimented Shen Yun’s use of a live orchestra.
