Making our MOTOR run takes a large pit crew! We were thrilled to have a dedicated staff of 20+ high school musicians from participating schools work with us to entertain, instruct, and mentor our middle school marchers in 2024. All of these staffers are students who participated in MOTOR themselves. If you would like to apply to become a staffer for 2025, please submit this application by May 16th, 2025! Alumni who would like to be part of Pit Crew must submit and pass a Bacground Check through the KHS office by June 1st 2025.
Check out this year's staff, and their answer to the following question.
"If animals could talk, which one would you talk to, and what would they say?"
"I would talk to a cow. It would say 'I may not be a genius, but I can moo in perfect harmony'" ~ Emily Strickler
Sophomore, Tuba, Kingsford High School
"I'd talk to a hamster. They would tell me their plans to end the world." ~ Gracie Hilyard
Sophomore, Clarinet, Kingsford High School
"If animals could talk, I'd talk to a monkey...and see why we are twins in brain capacity. :'( " ~ Jesse Garvaglia
Sophomore, Alto Sax, Kingsford High School
"Not sure if others consider mosquitoes animals, but I'd talk to them and ask them why they are the way they are." ~ Rory Vassar
Class of 2024, Tuba, Kingsford High School
"A pigeon. Specifically one from a city. I imagine they would have a lot of interesting stories to tell." ~ Anja Bradley
Senior, Flute, Kingsford High School
"I would talk to Elephants. I imgine they would tell long stories about their families and their journey across the savana." ~ Arabelle Poll
Senior, Flute, Kingsford High School
"Mayhaps. I'd talk to a blue penguin. It'd say 'You're tall!'" ~ Morgan Sleik
Class of 2025, Tenor Sax, Kingsford High School
"If animals could talk, I would talk to a snake! They would tell me that they aren't that bad in hopes to convince my mom to finally let me have one." ~ Chloe Roell
Senior, Tenor Sax, Kingsford High School
"Humans because I still can't understand them." ~ Caylee Shogren
Sophomore, Percussion, Kingsford High School
"I would talk to the blue footed boobie. And ask why its feet are blue." ~ Riley Dukes
Class of 2025, Trombone, Kingsford High School
"Yes, a dog. It would ask if band directors are good for eating." ~ Alex Brennan
Sophomore, French Horn, Kingsford High School
"I would talk to my cat, he'd say 'Life is purrfect'". ~ Bella Wery
Senior, French Horn, Kingsford High School
"I would talk to a horseshoe crab. It would say 'I remember when dirt was the new hot thing'" ~ Julia Bradley
Class of 2024, Clarinet, Kingsford High School
"I'm not sure but I would talk to spiders. They would scream as I squish them." ~ Ayden Galindo
Sophomore, Trumpet, Kingsford High School
"It would be a chicken that would speak on the complex nature of its existence as a domesticated animal. 'Am I really alive just to be an asset to human overlords? Is my whole purpose to have my eggs harvested from me before I get harvested into a 10 piece Chicken McNugget? Perhaps life itself is the meaning, a gift we can choose to accept. To rise above challenge and hardship.' Or maybe she'll just yell 'I wonder what happens if you mix me and hot lava?'" ~ Dimitri Gayan
Junior, Alto Saxophone, Kingsford High School
"I would talk with Crush (the chill turtle dude) from Finding Nemo... Well we all know what he would say. 'Dudeeeeee.' ~ Sammie Wilson
Class of 2025, Percussion, Kingsford High School
"I'd talk to a turtle. They'd probably start talking about the latest crime they fought. Or their rat father/master. Or pizza. Who knows?" ~ Kaia Boyles
Sophomore, Flute, Kingsford High School
"If animals could talk, I would talk to maybe a fish just to see what they sound like." ~ Adam Pearson
Senior, Percussion, Kingsford High School
"A bunny and it would tell me the Easter Bunny is fake."
~ Kaitlyn Peterson
Sophomore, Clarinet, Kingsford High School
"I would talk to a wart hog, and I think it would say, 'Hakuna Matata!'" ~ McKenzie Lancour
Senior, Trumpet, Senior High School
"I would talk to a giraffe and ask how the weather is up there just to tease them." ~ Jacob Harris
Sophomore, Tenor Sax, Kingsford High School
"If animals could talk, I would talk to a duck. it would tell me how it hates migrating for the winter and wishes it could stay here all year long."
~ Autumn Sleik
Class of 2023, Trombone, Kingsford High School
"I would talk to my chickens to get ALL the drama about the other hens. I just know those old ladies have some juicy gossip." ~ Sophie Anderson
Class of 2023, French Horn, Kingsford High School