SEATTLE—”I loved every minute,” said Mrs. Josie Vermeulen, simply. It was the 96-year-old Dutch immigrant’s second time seeing a performance by Shen Yun Performing Arts. Shen Yun is based in New York, where each year the performers introduce a new program highlighting different aspects of China’s 5,000 year history—a history before communism. Mrs. Vermeulen came to the matinee at McCall Hall on April 9 to watch the classical Chinese dance and music performance with her son, retired dentist Peter Vermeulen. Mr. Vermeulen felt strongly about Shen Yun’s mission to preserve China’s traditional culture. “I think it’s incredibly important,” he said. “I think it’s monumentally important to bring Americans the awareness of what it is they are taking for granted, and the battle that is being waged by millions upon millions of wonderful people in China against the Communist Party.” Peter Vermeulen’s parents left Holland in the 1950s, he said, due to increased …