Miss Mancelona Program

09/01/2026

HAPPY FIRST DAY BACK TO SCHOOL! ✏️💕 We hope you all had an amazing first day back and are ready for another wonderful school year! Always remember that each and every one of you is unique, talented, and capable of amazing things.

Believe in yourself, be kind, work hard, and never be afraid to let your own light shine! Here’s to a fun, successful, and unforgettable school year! 📚✨💕

-With warm hugs, Queen Bella💕

08/26/2026

Happy Sweet 16 to my beautiful Miss Teen Mancelona, Zoie! 💕👑 I hope you have the absolute best birthday and a day filled with all the happiness you deserve! Thank you for always bringing so much laughter, kindness, and joy wherever you go. I’m so grateful for all the memories we’ve made and can’t wait to see what this next year brings you! 💗🎂✨

08/21/2026

Our Miss Mancelona Bella Deisenroth and our Mancelona Princess Ellena had a phenomenal time last night at Meadow Brook Medical Care Facility! 💚

👑✨ Hometown Royalty! ✨👑

Our residents were treated to an incredible evening of live music from The Poor Boys Band, and the house was PACKED! 🙌🏠 Toes were tapping, smiles were everywhere, and the good vibes just kept rolling! 🎸🥁

To top it all off, we got to mingle with some hometown royalty! 2026 Miss Mancelona — and our very own Meadow Brook Junior Aide — Bella Deisenroth joined the fun, along with Miss Mancelona Princess Ellena Straight-Carper! 💫 So special to have them spend the evening with our residents!

Nights like these are exactly why we love what we do. 💚 Music, laughter, and community all under one roof! 🏡🎉

08/20/2026

This Tuesday, we had the pleasure of attending the final Downtown Tuesday of the season, hosted by the Mancelona Chamber of Commerce! 🎶🌆 We enjoyed listening to the music of the Tyler Gitchel band and soaking up the beautiful summer evening downtown.

But one of the highlights of the night was having the honor of hosting a royal visitor! 👑 We were so excited to welcome Miss Kalkaska Scholarship Program 1st Runner-Up, Kailey, to Mancelona! We had so much fun showing her around town, including a visit to the George Puckett American Legion Post 264 Mancelona Tank, which happens to have a special connection to our very own Miss Mancelona, Bella, as the tank honors a distant relative of hers! 🇺🇸

Of course, no Mancelona visit would be complete without some delicious treats! 🍦 We treated Kailey to goodies from Dairy Delite & Grill, then spent some time having fun at the park and enjoying a gorgeous sunset together. 🌅💕

A huge thank you to the Mancelona Chamber of Commerce for continuously hosting these wonderful community events and bringing everyone together throughout the summer!

And a very special thank you to Miss Kalkaska for allowing one of your court members to come visit us and enjoy such a fun evening in Mancelona! We loved having Kailey with us and hope she had just as much fun as we did! 👑💗

Until next time, Mancelona! ✨ - Queen Bella

08/17/2026

We want to give a very special thank you to Jess Whipple at Fresh Prints Photography for these absolutely beautiful photos of our 2026 Miss Mancelona, Bella! 👑📸

We are so grateful for your generosity, talent, and the beautiful memories you help create for our queens and court each year. ❤️

If you’re looking for a photographer, make sure to check out Fresh Prints and see Jess’s phenomenal work! You won’t be disappointed! 📸✨

freshprintsbellaire — we appreciate you!

08/15/2026

🦆 Quack, quack! 🦆

We had an amazing time at the Bellaire Rubber Ducky Festival! 💛💛

A huge thank you to the Miss Bellaire Scholarship Program for inviting us to their luncheon! 👑 We are so grateful for the warm welcome, wonderful hospitality, and all the fun memories!

What a quack-tastic day! 🐥💛🦆✨

08/15/2026

✨🏛️ Celebrating the History of Mancelona! 🏛️✨

Today was such a special experience getting to visit the Mancelona Historical Museum and learn more about the amazing history of our little town! I was also so honored to have the opportunity to present a $500 check from the Mancelona Bass Festival to the Mancelona Historical Society to help with repairs to the museum. ❤️

One of my absolute favorite parts of visiting was getting to read the old letters that were written so many years ago. It was so special getting a glimpse into the lives and stories of the people who came before us. I also loved seeing the old makeup and the old football helmets, it was so cool seeing these pieces of history up close!

A huge thank you to the Mancelona Area Historical Society Museum for opening their doors and sharing so much of our town’s history with us. Our community has such a rich and special story, and it’s so important that we continue to preserve and appreciate it. 🏛️❤️

And guess what?! There is still ONE MORE DAY of the open house TODAY! 🎉 So make sure you go check out the museum, explore all the amazing history, and support the Mancelona Historical Society!

Thank you for letting my court and I be a small part of preserving the history of our beautiful little town, we are forever proud to now be a part of that history! 👑❤️🏛️

With love,
Queen Bella💕👑

08/12/2026

🎶 Yankee Station Band hit all the right notes tonight! 🎶

We had an absolute blast at tonight’s Downtown Concert, hosted by the Mancelona Chamber of Commerce! What a great evening filled with music, fun, and community. ❤️

We even got to hang out with the Mancelona Moose Lodge #2254’s Little Miss Moose, Annabelle! 🫎👑 She definitely made the evening even more special!

A huge shoutout to Communities In Schools of Northwest Michigan for bringing the awesome yard games and giving everyone even more ways to have fun! 🎯 And, of course, thank you to the Mancelona Township Library for once again handing out FREE books and helping make tonight extra special. 📚❤️

We absolutely LOVE seeing so many of our amazing local community members, organizations, and programs come together for events like this. It’s nights like these that remind us just how special our community is! 🧡🖤

Thank you to everyone who came out, sang along, played games, grabbed a book, danced and supported live local music. We had a blast and hope you did too! 🎸🎤

Until next week, Mancelona! 🎶❤️