10/05/2026
๐ THANK YOU, MOUNTAIN STATE FOREST FESTIVAL! ๐
As the 88th Mountain State Forest Festival comes to a close, we want to take a moment to simply say thank you.
Kolsun Media is incredibly grateful to the Mountain State Forest Festival for allowing us to play a small part in this treasured tradition. Being entrusted to help capture and share the memories, pageantry, people, and traditions that make Festival week so special has been an honor we will not soon forget.
A very special thank you to Executive Director Heidi Bray, Director General Nathanial Bonnell, and Board President Scott Harris for their support and for welcoming Kolsun Media as part of this yearโs Festival.
It has been an absolute pleasure traveling throughout Randolph County this week with Queen Silvia the 88th, Emma Grace Snyder, and her parents, James and Kim, as well as her beautiful Maids of Honor, Grace Parsons and Kendall Corley, and their parents. Getting to document their Festival experience โ from the visits throughout the county to Coronation Day and the Grand Feature Parade โ has truly been something special.
We also want to recognize the people who worked behind the scenes to make our live productions possible. A huge thank you to Jeanna N. Shearer, Burley Woods, Cj Hurd, and Hunter Shaffer. The livestreams of the Coronation and Grand Feature Parade simply would not have been possible without their time, hard work, and help.
And a HUGE shoutout to Ben Shaffer and Scott Goddard, our commentators for the Grand Feature Parade! They did an amazing job bringing the parade to life for everyone watching from home and around the world. ๐๏ธ๐
Kolsun Media was honored to serve as the Official Videographer of the 88th Mountain State Forest Festival, and we sincerely hope this isnโt the end of the story.
Hopefully, weโll be back for the 89th! ๐๐ฅ
For now, our work isnโt quite finished. Stay tuned over the next week as we continue sharing more Festival recaps, highlights, and completed videos from an unforgettable week.
To everyone who watched, liked, commented, shared our videos, stopped to say hello, or supported our coverage in any way โ thank you.
It has truly been an honor to help capture a small piece of a tradition that means so much to Elkins, Randolph County, and generations of Festival families.
๐ Thank you for allowing Kolsun Media to be part of the 88th Mountain State Forest Festival. ๐