(Clearwisdom.net) The Divine Performing Arts touring company's world tour for 2008 Chinese New Year Spectacular will present three performances from January 7 to 9, at Nokia Theatre in the city of Grand Prairie, Texas. On the evening of January 7, the first performance drew to a successful close. The audience offered warm applause and rave reviews.

The audience of the debut show included government officials, celebrities, and people of different nationalities, and cultural backgrounds. Interviewees from the audience expressed an appreciation for the virtues of traditional Chinese culture presented in the show, such as respect for Gods, beliefs, justice, conscience, courage, wisdom and kindness. Some said that the performance was spiritually uplifting.

Ms. Bullibin Reeder, from Turkey, is a professor of molecular genetics. She said, "The music, costumes and programs were all excellent. Every city around the world should present these programs each year."

Her husband Dennis Reeder, an American, said, "The whole performance displayed 'Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance.'" He also said, "These programs were in both Chinese and English, so we could understand everything. The three male vocalists were fantastic."

At the intermission, the reporter interviewed an older couple, Mr. Roberts, who works at the Nuclear Regulation Commission, and his wife Karen Roberts, who is a retired personnel director. The couple went to China several months ago. Mr. Roberts said, "When I walked in a park in Shanghai, I had a feeling as if I were on my way home. I was perhaps Chinese in a previous lifetime. We both had watched performances in China, but compared with tonight's performance, the programs in China put emphasis only on technique, while each program we watched tonight was also educational. It's a complete difference."

Lucy Wolpe is a self-employed American business woman. She said that she thought the celestial maidens' dance performance was very uplifting. She also inquired about which other cities the tour will reach. Upon learning that it is a world tour, she said she wanted to go to New York to watch it again.

Prior to the Chinese New Year Spectacular show, many government officials came personally to the reception for dignitaries to read proclamations and congratulatory letters. They were Grand Prairie city council member Richard Fregoe who read the city's proclamation on behalf of the mayor and city council; US Senator of Texas Kenny Marchant's assistant who read the senator's congratulatory letter; the first and only Chinese mayor in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area--Mayor of Addison Zhou Jianyuan and other officials. They commended New Tang Dynasty Television and the Divine Performing Arts touring company for bringing people pure and authentic traditional Chinese culture.