Last year’s Festival King and Queen, Gunnar and Mia,

have both had a wonderful year representing Osceola!

Last year’s Festival King and Queen, Gunnar and Mia,

 have both had a wonderful year representing Osceola!

Mia stayed busy doing the things she loves most, including softball, 4-H Dogs, Girl Scout cookie season, and taking the stage as Tad in Finding Nemo for the Moran School play.  When she is not on the field, at 4-H, or performing, you may find her enjoying one of her favorite local spots, The Osceola Creamery, for ice cream.

Gunnar has also had an incredible year. He maintained high grades all year and earned high ability recognition in math, science, and social studies.  He loves football and basketball and continues to grow his skills while being

a great teammate.  This year, he also enjoyed walking in the Homecoming parade with his classmates at Moran, playing at Colts Stadium for the Eagles as part of the Rocket Football League, and participating in Enrichment Saturdays as part of the Spheros group.

Both Gunnar and Mia have enjoyed their reign and the opportunity to be positive representatives of Osceola.  We are so proud of the way they have shared their hard work, kindness, school spirit, and community pride throughout the year!

Osceola King & Queen - Moran Presentation April of 2026

   On behalf of the Osceola Music Festival (OCMF), Randy

Leliaert and Tom Krueger kicked off the 2026 OCMF Essay

Competition to Moran Elementary School 4th graders.

 The presentation is part of the student’s curriculum for the

annual essay project, “What Osceola Means To Me”.   

   Long time Osceola business owners, Mr. Leliaert and Mr.

Krueger, talked about Osceola history, business as well as the

Music Festival that originated in 1984.  

   Students are encouraged to enter their essays for the honor

of serving as Osceola’s 2026 King or Queen.  Every student

who enters will be honored at the ceremony, Saturday, August 8th at

10 am and receive coupons for food, arts and crafts at the

3-day event August 7, 8 and 9th.

The King and Queen will be crowned at a ceremony under the tent,

 where they will also receive new

bikes and other prizes.  They will reign over Osceola for a full

year, until the crowning at the 2027 ceremony.  Everyone is invited.

Parents are encouraged to support their children in this competition and

agree to provide transportation to and from the ceremony, as well as, the Osceola Christmas Tree Lighting, The Memorial Day Parade, and

a Town Council ceremony,

   “What Osceola Means To Me” is a decades long tradition

of PHM Moran School, the Town of Osceola and the OCMF.

Thank you for continuing this project and for making our

partnership stronger each year.

Osceola King and Queen Program 2025

Presented bt the Osceola Business Association

These are the original essays written by Mia Harbison and Gunnar Whitmer. 

The Music Festival would like to thank the 3 retired teachers from School City

of Mishawaka who have been judging these essays for several years.  The students'

names are deleted so there is no bias in the judging, and

you can see the highlighted portions that were read at the crowning ceremony.  

Thanks to all of the students who entered essays, and the many family members

and others who came to the Festival program to support them.  Also the educators

from Moran Elementary, particularly Jennifer Ginter who emceed the program,

Principal Lisa Russell, Assistant Principal Amanda Fox, and Mrs. Ginter's co-teachers

Loren Cernak and Tori Temple.