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Congratulatory Performance
Dae Mo Nim
January 1, 2008
On January 1, 2008, at 2:07 pm, True Parents entered the Main Hall of Cheonseong Wanglim Palace (Heavenly Palace) for the Congratulatory Performance to celebrate the 41st True God's Day. As much as 2000 members gathered for this congratulatory performance from Japan, Korea and from the world. Director In-seok Nam as the emcee, he introduced True Parents and everyone offered a bow to True Parents.
For the first program, there was a video presentation by the Public Relations Department of Central Korea Headquarters, that showed the highlights of True Parents' work for the year 2007 as well as looking back at True Parents life of their path of blood, sweat and tears to open the new civilization for the people of Cheon Il Guk.
After this short brilliant presentation, there was a short moment to thank True Parents for their work and Director Nam introduced the next program, titled 'Establishment of Heart Culture'. 20 Japanese students who have come to True Parents' homeland, Korea, as exchange students expressed the True Love Heart Culture through their instruments and beautiful chorus. They performed the Symphony No. 9, in E Minor "From the New World".
Then a performance by the La Strada Ensemble, who sang, 'Chilgapsan', 'New Arirang', 'Kagopa', and 'Seoul Hymn'. To thank True Parents' ever giving love and grace their favorite songs were sang beautifully.
Sincerely wishing that in Cheon Il Guk 8th Year, True Parents' huge love and grace would spread throughout the world and inherit True Parents' heart and passion through a holy dance and song, the Sun Moon University CARP performed and vowed to become filial sons and daughters of God and True Parents. They sang two songs and made True Parents truly happy.
Then from the Heartistic Cultural Joint an opera titled, 'Cheon Il Guk the Nation of Hope' was performed. They expressed how the True Love and Heart Cultural, which should be spread to the world, will eventually create the Cheon Il Guk.
Then lastly there was a Harmony Stage, medley of invited singers that performed songs so the people of Cheon Il Guk would come together as one before True Parents. The invited singers were He-ok Moon and Kuk-han Gum. They sang joyful songs that True Parents really enjoyed. To the last part of Mr. Gum's song, True Father came to the stage dancing.
After gathering the performers and the True Family, True Father told True Mother to sing a song, 'Homeland Hymn'. Then together sang, 'Mother and older sister'. 'My Heart's New Heaven and Earth'. Then there was flower presentation to True Parents. Before the 3 cheers of Eok-manse, Hyung Jin Nim grabbed the mike and sang the song, 'Together with you' and all the members in the hall as well as True Parents sang and danced to the cheering song.
At 3:37 pm, after the joyful singing by all members, Katsumi Otsuka, President of FFWPU Japan, gave 3 cheers of Eok-manse and ended the congratulatory performance for the 41st True God's Day.