Music and Fine Arts
Osseo Senior High School has a long history of bands, choirs and orchestras. The Osseo Marching Band has historically been successful, winning many 1st place awards in parades and marching band festivals.
Starting in 2007, Osseo High School Marching Band hosted the first annual Osseo Marching Band Festival. The Marching Band Festival is a street-marching competition between high school bands. Competition is judged for trophies and prize money within each class. Trophies are also given to overall best color guard, best winds, best drumline and grand champion. The Osseo Marching Band Festival is held at noon on Saturday of the last full weekend in June, the day before the Vikingland Band Festival in Alexandria, MN. Future dates of the Osseo Marching Band Festival are: June 28, 2008; June 27, 2009; June 26, 2010 and June 25, 2011.
Osseo Senior High also has a renowned high school musical which is presented in the fall, a one-act play which often goes to state, and used to also perform a spring play.
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