We Are Grateful; We Give Thanks

Planning and hosting our annual T’ai Chi Chih Teacher Conference is a love offering to the community. A group of teachers volunteer to work together throughout the year to bring to fruition an event that will strengthen and enrich us as individuals and as teachers, in keeping with Justin Stone’s expansive vision of TCC as a service to humanity.

We express our deep appreciation to the Core Planning Committee for the 2017 Teacher Conference in Boulder, Colorado: Marie Dotts (conference coordinator), Leya Cragin (registrar), Lisa VV (venue/hospitality), and Lisa Otero (program/outreach). The core was supported by the gracious, dynamic and generous TCC Community of Northern Colorado: Sandy Roerig, Lisa Stoyen, JoEtta Heck, Holly Trenary, Doriane Tippet, Rebecca Paulson, Bonnie Schowalter, and Eliza Fulton, and of course, Caroline Guilott of Lousiana.

As we do each year at conference, we raised funds to support our teacher scholarship fund, which helps teachers attend conferences and other continuing education opportunities. Special thanks to Lucinda Kutsko, Cathy Fedewa, and Lynne Roberts for their organizing skills and tireless effort. Jim Eagle, Laurie Thomas, Elissa Mcguire, and Janet Knapp Starr volunteered their winning personalities and surely sold more raffle tickets than have ever been sold at conference. Bonnie Schowalter served as auctioneer at one of the most delightful vocal auctions we have ever had. Thanks to all who participated and donated so generously.

Mary Ruiz and KG (The Vital Force) and Stephen Thompson (tcccommunity.net) supported our outreach efforts throughout the year.

Much appreciation to Neal Roy and April Leffler for hosting our talent and storytelling evening and for all of those who took the stage to share their delightful gifts.

Our rededication ceremony was affirming and deeply touching. Thank you to Marie Dotts and to Pam Towne and Stephen Thompson for bringing us together and reigniting our commitment to our practice, our teaching, and to each other in such a beautiful way.

Thank you to Linda Jones and David Parrish for helping us capture the spirit of our conference and the beauty of our practice in video recordings to share with the world via the Internet.

Attending conference is a gift you give to yourself; a commitment to ongoing education and growth for you and your students; and an opportunity to honor and express appreciation to Justin Stone by celebrating and strengthening community ties.