Beverly High Marching Band To Stage 'Rebellion' This Fall

BEVERLY, MA — The Beverly High Marching Panther Band is going to be rocking out this fall with a halftime show including classic rock, heavy metal and punk rock hits.

The band, which begins rehearsing next month along with its annual band camp, is planning a "Rebellion" halftime show for the home football games this fall that Band Director Adam Costa said goes "against the grain and a refusal to blindly submit to authority."

Songs in the program include "We're Not Gonna Take It" by Twisted Sister, "Rock The Casbah" by The Clash, "Another Brick in the Wall" by Pink Floyd, and "The Hand That Feeds" by Nine Inch Nails.

The band begins rehearsals at the athletic turf field or inside the field house (in case of weather) on Aug. 14 at 3 p.m.

Costa said the fall performance schedule includes four home games, the annual Thanksgiving Day game against Salem High School at Hurd Stadium and three parades.

He said members of the color guard and drumline have been rehearsing each week since July 10.

This year's full roster can be viewed here.

Costa is in his 12th year at the helm of the BHS Instrumental Music Program after serving as the Briscoe Middle School band director since 2004. Chris Tatro of the North Reading Public Schools is returning once again this season as our drill instructor.

The drumline instructor is UMass-Lowell graduate Mathieu Bruneau. Directing the color guard is BHS alumna Hannah McCoy. This year’s marching band staff also includes Lynn music teachers Adam Silvia and Becka May.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)