Television and Radio Hosts Expresses Appreciation for Shen Yun’s Spirituality

Steve Kates, a television and radio show host known as Dr. Sky, connects his passion with what he saw on stage.

“I love the Shen Yun performances, I think this is fantastic. This is my fourth time seeing the show. Every year I make it a pilgrimage to come down to this beautiful, lovely theater, the Orpheum Theater,” he said.

“My background is astronomy and I talk about the wonderful beauty of the heavens. And as we are divine beings coming from heaven, what I see here on the Earth today with all of our problems, I think we need to relax. I think we need to understand that there’s more spirituality in the world. It’s not all about our cell phones and our bank accounts. And of course these things are important, but what I really believe deep in my heart is [that] the message of Shen Yun is very powerful.”

Frank Leutz, a car talk radio show host, is also a jazz trombonist. He described the performance to be top notch and was fascinated by how well the orchestra and performers synchronized.

“I think we don’t know enough of each other in society and sometimes there can be a lot of falsity and I think music and the art that brings people together, so I think it’s a wonderful message. Wonderful message,” he said.

“The erhu. Phenomenal, phenomenal. That was my highlight of the whole show, so that was really really neat to hear and the rest of the orchestra…In fact, my wife sitting next to me: ‘Oh wow there’s an orchestra in there?’ I said, ‘Yes honey there’s a pit orchestra in there’ and they did phenomenal, phenomenal job. Recommend it to anyone in any city that this is touring in,” said Leutz.

His co-host Susie Wong also attended the performance after wanting to come for 10 years. Being the first generation of her family in America, she enjoyed seeing Chinese culture in dance form.

“It was enlightening because growing up, you know, we just celebrated Chinese New Years, and so you go through the traditions, you do it because your parents told you to and taught you to, and now this is about seeing the culture. It’s about absolutely seeing my culture, where my family is from, and it was just beautiful.”

“I really appreciate the spirituality of everything. It was a very spiritual show. Very colorful, and the dance, the dance and everything just told the story of just so many thousand years ago, and it was just beautiful. And me being Chinese, this was really enlightening for me,” said Wong.

Unfortunately, since the Cultural Revolution, much of the culture is lost in China today. Those who hold on to the belief in the divine are looked down upon. Some, like Falun Gong practitioners, are even persecuted for their belief.

“There are many people around the world and in particular the many people in China, who are striving as I see on your screen,” said Kates. “Many of them can’t even send a photograph back to their parents or their loved ones. And that’s something I find in my heart, we need to get the word out, it’s about freedom, it’s about individuality, and let freedom ring, all over, no matter what our race, color, or creed.”

NTD News, Phoenix, Arizona

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