live in the area, like: (insert favorite big name performer here)?

The Celebration of the Arts was started by local musicians Phil Woods and Rick Chamberlain with businessman Ed Joubert and the Delaware Water Gap Chamber of Commerce. We do not pay the musicians their regular fees and would not have the budget to include anyone who wanted more than the small per-day honorarium each musician receives. The musicians are essentially giving the community a gift, as are our many volunteers. Aside from the scholarships and commissions we provide every year and over 100 musicians (some playing both days) we have services for which we must pay such as: piano rental, sound and lights, electricity, phone, postage, printing, etc. We rarely make a “profit" and, if we do, these moneys go to local arts organizations, the Borough Park and other not for profit organizations.