The Ballad Of Justin Stone (August 2018)

Editor’s Note: And now for some lightness, this was written to be read or better yet sung to the tune of The Beverly Hillbillies, and is from the sing-a-long at Lied Lodge during the 2009 teacher conference.

Come and listen to my story ‘bout Justin Stone

Teachin’ T’ai Chi Chuan, barely kept his classes goin’

Then one day while he’s doing no-thing

Came a new T’ai Chi – up his bubbling spring

Chih, that is, Joy thru Movement, Divine Love

Well the first thing ya know, ol Justin taught a class

Then a Teacher Training, the word was spreading fast

In ‘93 New Mexico’s the place he thought to be

So he drove from California down to Albuquerque

Bosques, that is, Hot Air Balloons, Southwest Cuisine

(guitar instrumental)

So now it’s time to give our thanks to Justin and his form

The benefits await us, and peace becomes our norm

Please don’t ever organize, or give into greed

Cause T’ai Chi Chih is but a gift to serve humanity

Y’all keep practicin’, ya hear?