The Presbyterian Church of the Mountain* in Delaware Water Gap, PA presented a Mini Jazz Festival featuring students who attended the COTA Jazz Camp first concert on Sunday August 5th as part of their summer concert series. The Jazz Camp took place August 1st - 4th as an educational extension of The Celebration of the Arts (COTA)* www.cotajazz.org whose 30th Anniversary Festival takes place September 6th -9th. Several established Jazz performers lent their expertise to enhance the talents of these students. They included Spencer Reed*, Jay Rattman*, and Jesse Green* along with Richard Chamberlain* and Phil Wood* (co founders of COTA*).
A delighted audience was thoroughly entertained by the great music as they glimpsed into the future of the Jazz scene through the sounds created by these talented people. Jill and Bill Goodwin*, Cheryl Joubert*, Cyndie Dutkiewicz*, and Lauren Chamberlain-Mussner* (all of whom are members of COTA’s Board of Directors) along with Michael Wetmore* of Support Your Local poets-Hooray (SYLP-H), Arline M. Smeltz*, Maria Horn*, Bob Durough*, Nancy Scheirer*, Dave Coulter*, Gary Lambert*, and Pat and Terri Gaughan* were among the numerous people who enjoyed the performance.
The next concert at The Presbyterian Church of the Mountain* will feature The Matt Abel* Group at 6pm on August 12th. Please contact The Presbyterian Church of the Mountain* at 570-992-3934 for more information. You’ll find Numerous photographs at The Forwardian Arts Society COTA Jazz Camp Festival Gallery at myspace.com/forwardian_arts.
(*) denotes members of The Forwardian Arts Society in good standing and are considered Our Good Friends.
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