“How can you be afraid and believe in a higher power? You cannot—that shows lack of faith. And I have full faith. We just have to hang on and go through,” Margan said.

“There’s just a greatness about it—there’s love coming out. Compassion. And everyone in the audience can feel it,” she said.

She shared that she made a long drive to be able to see New York-based Shen Yun and she felt uplifted after the performance.

“I drove four hours to get here,” she said. “The performance is so colorful and so beautiful and so uplifting. So yes, the energy and the colors are beautiful. Everything made the heart feel good.”

“I am very much aware of the persecution, of those that protested in Hong Kong, of the monks in Tibet, and of all the Chinese people,” she said. “I couldn’t help crying because I’m aware of the organ harvesting and it’s really wrong. It’s a sad world. But good will always win above evil. It’s just going to be a long fight.”

Devon Baxter was also in the audience this evening and she said she appreciated every aspect of the performance.

“I think that for me the color was really healing. Bright colors elevate your mood so I appreciate every aspect of what was done there. I think the dance and the movement, the human element, and telling of the story, every bit of that was powerful,” Baxter said.

“I think this was great and I think it was a blessing. I don’t think anything harmful would come for us gathering like this. Not at all. I think the performance was a blessing. Absolutely,” she said.