Macomb County Native Kid Rock Donates $2,500 to the Wyandotte Marching Band to Cover Costs of Halftime Performance
The Wayne County high school band incurred $2,400 in transportation costs getting to and from Ford Field.
Fresh off their Thanksgiving Day performance alongside Kid Rock during the Detroit Lions' halftime show, members of the Wyandotte Marching Chiefs were pretty excited to receive a letter from the rock star on Thursday. But there was more than a congratulatory note inside. There was a check for $2,500 from the Macomb County native. With the halftime show being a surprise development and with the school district not having its own fleet of buses, the band incurred $2,400 in transportation costs getting to and from rehearsals, leading up to the big day. According to the letter from Kid Rock, he read about the band's financial hardship and wanted to help out. "I read the article in the Wyandotte Patch on the extra expenses you incurred getting …
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Jimmy
8:33 am on Saturday, December 15, 2012
I got on board the Kid Rock fanwagon several years ago. Not so much for the music he creates--some of which I really like, but because he is a caring resident of SE Michigan. Good man, he. more ›