Festival 10, in 1987, has a full-size festival program, but despite the sunny photo gracing its cover, the weekend is a little damp.Unmentionable meteorological phenomena, however, cannot deter hardy spirits: the festival carries on, inside the ballroom at the Castle Inn, serendipitously readied for use by the art group 80 West. Al Cohn plays with the COTA Cats this year, on the festival's tenth anniversary. A selection of performances presented Friday night in the collaboration with 80 West is another festival first: The Water Gap Brass, The Stroudsburg Ballet Theatre, The Water Gap Players, and Calliope appear. Over the weekend, The Hod O'Brien Trio and Phil Woods' Little Big Band play.

Also on the bill this year are Len Mooney's Aura, and The Bob Dorough Quartet. Though an unfriendly climate cuts into attendance, fundraisers at the Deer Head Inn and donations from generous supporters help the festival survive.

We take simple pleasure from the rain...
...James Whitehead said, in "He Loves the Trailer Park and Suffers Telling Why," though he could have been talking about jazz fans just as well, grooving to the sounds of funky weather.