Certainly, it was the first time in the past twenty years that so many thousands of people stood in line in the chilly weather of a cold winter's evening for hours, waiting for their turn to enter the theater. For many people in the audience, the main reason for coming was their curiosity to meet Master Ching Hai who teaches a universal spiritual philosophy with hundreds of thousands of followers of different races and nationalities. The other reason, of course, was the extraordinary assemblage of famous artists, well-known in the Vietnamese entertainment community in the last ten years -- Khanh Ly, Duy Khanh, Le Thu, Mai Huong, Duy Quang, My Huyen, Tuan Ngoc, Thai Hien, Thai Thao, Xuan Phat, Le Uyen and Phuong, Kieu Loan, Dan Hung, Van Son, Hoai Linh and the Nguyen Dinh Nghia family of musicians.
 

At eight o'clock, the whole auditorium was suddenly filled with rounds after rounds of thunderous applause, just like fireworks on New Year's Eve, to welcome Master Ching Hai, the female spiritual practitioner who has surprised the world and then earned its admiration and love through Her charitable benevolent work.

With Her spontaneous, humorous and carefree manner, the female spiritual practitioner blended into the greeting crowd, shook hands, and said hello to the audience as She passed by. The following fifteen minutes were set aside for interviews and picture taking from the local and international press and other media, who had not seen the Master in the US for quite a long time.

Even though this part was not scheduled to be included in the program and had caused a longer delay than expected at the start of the program, the audience was not at all concerned. They were patient and remained silent; a silence that was so respectful in an evening performance of music and poetry, something that has rarely been seen, if ever, before.
 

Two pioneers in the world of Vietnamese music, Pham Duy and Thu Ho, were also present among the audience along with musicians Trinh Lam Ngan and Tran Trinh...

One thing worth mentioning was that musician Nhat Ngan, for the first time, performed a song entitled "Coming To Someone's Home, a poem written by Supreme Master Ching Hai for which he had composed the music.

A lot of people sitting around me were commenting: "...She looks very nice, so elegant, so adorable another lady said: "...I don't care what people say, it is kind of unbelievable that this evening's performance is more crowded than the Thuy Nga's Paris Show Some people were even more bold and said: "...No wonder they didn't like Her. She's so talented, She has so many disciples, and She's so courageous in carrying out what She wants to do. Everyone has his own opinion, how can all be satisfied?

In "The Evening Of Music and Poetry," MC Tran Quang, even though he had been invited at the last minute, did a marvelous job of bringing an atmosphere of admiration to the program, artistically weaving a bridge of harmony between the audience and the performers.

Although the program went on until about 3 AM, the audience still remained until the last minute to applaud the success of the organizing staff of the Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association, Los Angeles Center, and most of all, to congratulate a modern poet who has just begun Her stardom in the sky of the Vietnamese cultural community -- Supreme Master Ching Hai.