Chinese New Year Spectacular is a Big Hit in Toronto

Five shows of the 2008 Chinese New Year Spectacular were held in Toronto, with the last on January 20th. The beautiful performances were well-received by the audiences.

Thanh Minh Tran, Director of the Vietnam Times

After watching the final show at the Sony Centre in Toronto, Director of the Vietnam Times Mr. Thanh Minh Tran said, "The performance was well done. I have never seen such an excellent show."

He said that the dancing was nice with colourful costumes. The dancers were first class, and the backdrops were excellent. Though he did not understand Chinese, the words on the backdrops helped him to keep up with the show.

Mr. Tran said, "I especially liked 'The Power of Awareness', which helped me to know more about Falun Gong. We know that evil can never defeat good. There is a similar thing occurring in Vietnam, with the Communist party always trying to control people's thinking and their freedom of expression. From my past experiences, I understood the dance well, which was a presentation of people's awareness and righteous choices."

"I will write an article about the show for our newspaper to let people know about the show." said Mr. Tran at the end.

Ms. Anta brought her son to watch the show

Ms. Anta who is a department manager at IBM took her six-year-old son to the show. She said that the show was awesome and congratulated the hosts on such a successful performance. She said that she understood the performance and would read the program brochure after going home to learn more.

Ms. Anta is an Indian born in Canada. She said that some of the cultural elements of the show were quite similar to Indian culture. She said that she was happy to have learnt some things about Chinese traditional culture from the show.