DALLAS, Texas—The Rickey family—Rawland, who works for the Department of Veterans Affairs, his wife together with their son Garrett and his wife, Missy—attended a performance of Shen Yun Performing Arts in Dallas on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend.
New York-based Shen Yun is a classical Chinese dance and music company that brings 5,000 years of traditional Chinese culture to the stage.
Mr. Rickey said the performance was spectacular because “it brings a touch of humanity and opens up a different perspective.”
The Rickey family Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Winspear Opera House, AT&T Performing Arts Center, in Dallas, on May 28, 2022. (Sonia Wu/The Epoch Times)
Son Garrett agreed with his father. He found the humor in the story of the Monkey King. “From the stories with the Monkey King and the Golden Palace in the heavens, to when he got plucked by Buddha, that was funny.”…