UK: Dafa Practitioners Invited to Give Many Performances During the Chinese Spring Festival (Photos)
By Dafa practitioners in the UK
(Clearwisdom.net) UK Dafa practitioners were invited on multiple occasions to give
performances at Chinese New Year celebration parties held by different communities and schools.
Their performances received high acclaim from sponsors, who wanted to have more opportunities to
cooperate with Dafa practitioners in future. On January 31, 2002, at the invitation of a tutor of a
school's Chinese students in Oxford, Dafa practitioners participated in their Chinese Spring
Festival Evening performances. The tutor especially invited us because he had seen and very much
enjoyed a practitioner's lute recital. We showed the Chinese students a traditional Chinese Fan
Dance to extend our good wishes to these precious Chinese people. After the celebration, the
practitioners gave truth-clarifying VCDs to the students, who gladly accepted them. The tutor also
introduced the practitioners to his VIP guests from Oxford city government as well as school
officials and faculty. The practitioners took the opportunity to clarify the truth about Falun Dafa
to them. In the end, the tutor said that he hoped to invite us to teach their students to perform
the Fan Dance and to introduce traditional Chinese culture. On February 1, 2003, Dafa practitioners went to York to give performances in a New Year
celebration at the invitation of an association in York, as we were the first place winner of the
community groups in the parade performances last year in the opening ceremony of Edinburgh
International Art Festival. But due to interference of another association backed by the Chinese
regime, we were unable to give performances at the celebration. The practitioners changed their
schedule and gave performances in downtown York. We sang for the first time songs composed by Dafa
practitioners, especially for rescuing two UK practitioners' relatives in China. Dafa practitioners'
touching performance won rounds of applause. Spectators were happy to accept our truth-clarifying
flyers and sign their names on our petition letter. On February 2, 2003, we participated in a New Year celebration held by Chinese communities in the
city hall of Oxford. About 600 people, including the mayor of Oxford and VIP guests from the city
government, watched the performances. A Dafa practitioner from Oxford performed self-composed music
on the lute. In the end, young practitioners performed a lovely dance. An audience member remarked,
"It's so sweet." The mayor had a conversation with the young practitioners and had a photo
taken with the Dafa practitioners. On February 3, 2003, an Oxford TV station invited us to make a special live program for
celebrating the Chinese New Year. The program included our traditional Chinese Fan Dance and
recitals of Chinese musical instruments, including two music pieces by Dafa practitioner playing the
lute. Accompanying her performance, two practitioners gracefully performed Falun Dafa exercises
behind her. The host curiously asked what the exercises are. The practitioners then took the
opportunity to introduce Falun Gong to the TV viewers. The lute-playing Dafa practitioner had an
interview with the host. She said that practicing Falun Gong endowed her music with a spiritual
gift, because she obtained a peaceful mind and inspiration from the depths of her heart. "Falun Dafa is good ("Dafa is Good") We felt the rapid pace of Fa-rectification through giving these performances. We will use our
righteous thoughts and righteous actions to welcome the grand moment of Fa-rectification in the
human world.
Gradually entering the human realm "
Chinese version available at
http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2003/2/6/44078.html
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