As COTA Approaches

The Celebration of the Arts (COTA) held its general meeting at The Deer Head Inn in Delaware Water Gap, PA on Monday July 29th to plan their 36th Annual Jazz and Arts Festival scheduled to be held September 6th - 8th. A number of newcomers to the meetings were present and expressed their eagerness to be a part of the festival. They were warmly greeted by those who have been with the festival for a number of years and directed toward areas where they might consider utilizing their talents and thoughts in service to the endeavor.

The meeting began with the revealing of this year’s poster. A great deal of excitement arose as those present sought to catch a glimpse of the document from their various vantage points throughout the Inn. Soon afterwards, it was announced the recent 2013 CampJazz experience which took place from Monday July 22nd until Sunday July 28th was a great one for all involved and the concert held at The Presbyterian Church of the Mountain in Delaware Water Gap PA on the final day proved to be a wonderful performance enjoyed by all. It was also mentioned several of the Master Classes/Concerts were presented online and are available to be viewed from the CampJazz Facebook Page at www.facebook.com/Campjazz.

The next general meeting scheduled to be held at The Deer Head Inn in Delaware Water Gap, PA will be on Monday August 12th beginning at 6:30pm with only a few meetings scheduled to take place before the time of the festival. The public is invited and encouraged to attend this and all future meetings as all ideas are welcomed and opportunities to participate as a volunteer are provided. You’ll find more photographs taken during the Monday July 29th meeting in The COTA Meetings 2013 Gallery at www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151647484515421.1073741833.636000420&type=1.

The mission of The Celebration of the Arts (COTA) is to present and to support the art of jazz in all its forms and historical breadth through youth education, performing arts presentations, scholarship opportunities, and community outreach throughout the Pocono area. Please Explore The Celebration of the Arts Facebook Page at www.facebook.com/groups/cotajazz/?fref=ts or call 570-424-2210 to learn how you can become a volunteer and to learn for more information all about COTA has to offer.