(Clearwisdom.net) Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee from the 18^th District of Texas took in the second show of Shen Yun Performing Arts at Houston's Jones Hall on Tuesday, December 22, 2009.

"A very important message was given tonight, and I think it's a message that everyone should have the opportunity to see and to hear," said the Congresswoman.

She sensed the message through the music, the colorful costumes, and the vocal performances. It was a message of "peace," and "the ability to be courageous in your beliefs," she said.

"And the dancers were excellent," she added.

"It tells a story; the music is superb, the dancing is very acute and very refined, but very enjoyable," she said.

"The dancers are athletes, but as well, they are artists, and it's a combination that generates excitement in the audience."

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee after Shen Yun's Tuesday night performance in Houston

Mrs. Lee also admired Shen Yun for being able to interest people of all ages.

"It's enormously positive. It's a performance for families, for children--I saw many children in the audience, and they were very, very excited, and I think this is a very, very special performance for children."

And lucky for Houstonians, Shen Yun is performing during the holiday season in their city.

"The families can be together with such a positive powerful story," she said.

"I'm so glad that Houston is one of the major cities that will have the opportunity to see this great and wonderful story being told musically for many years to come."

This is the second year the congresswoman has attended Shen Yun, and she's planning to come again.

"I'd love to see it again," she said. "Shen Yun is an important history of China, but it's also a current story of Chinese people ... now [it's] being told and so many Americans will have the chance to see this beautiful story."

Referring to the dance performances depicting the persecution of Falun Gong in today's China by the hands of the Chinese communist regime, Mrs. Lee said the show "was a good teaching opportunity for so many of us to learn about the story of Falun Gong and the ability for it to remain strong, even in spite of so many obstacles."

"It was a beautiful show, and it showed the spirituality of China and the people, and their love and their willingness and their ability to overcome hatred," she said.

"It was colorful, it was musical, it was inspirational. It's a show that everyone should see."

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