While the show was well received, it certainly was a struggle for the performance troupe to get here. As we told you, one main setback was that the visa fees for the troupe would not be waived. That's two thousand dollars per visa, for a troupe of 33. And on top of that some members of the troupe even lost their luggage. Quan told us how they got through this hurdle.
Edmund Quan, President - Belize Chinese Association
"The Visa fee waiver was denied to this group of 33 children with disabilities. We manage to get our board to embark on a loan and also additional sponsorship to come up with the money to pay for the Visas. We got through it yesterday at the airport around like 8pm in the night. Everybody was already leaving and then they had luggage missing - Avianca - they had 7 luggages missing. We managed to switch one show to something else, because some equipments were missing. We Chinese and Taiwanese we call ourselves Belizeans, we live here in Belize and we love Belize. But the real reason why the government rejected or denied the Visa waiver, they didn't give us a formal response as to why. I am not sure."
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