Kickin’ it in the Revue Stage

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Matthew

The Revue Stage

The boyz recently rolled the van back into Van.

Couver that is.

But when they arrived on Granville Island and went to set up their old dressing room again, they found hundreds of cans of spray glitter, heaps of roller-skates and a flying horse.

Evidently some kind of ancient Greek cult acts are playing out on the Granville Island stage, albeit with an Australian accent. Sinful, the boyz are sure.

After some prayers, the boyz tour manager, Bill Millerd escorted them out of the building and introduced them to the Revue Stage, where they’ll spend the summer saving souls.

Mark, after being forced to do a few Hail Mary’s after looting some skates and glitter, was very excited to see their new stage, new set and the crazy intimate venue. Juan was mostly excited about how close the ladies in the first few rows would be to the boyz.

Matthew was still praying following a harrowing van ride while an exhausted Luke took a very deep nap on the steering wheel.

The Final Confession Session

Posted on August 23, 2009 by Matthew

Happy Sunday. Here’s the boyz final confession session here on the Altar Blog. They’d like to thank everyone for their amazing confessions over the tour and Granville Island run.

Confession 1: Chelsea Harris

Kind of Sin: They come in kinds?!

You know that Duggar family? The one with 18 children and their own TLC show? Well, for my friends surprise birthday party I made a game about their tendency to pop out babies. It was called “Pin the Contraceptive on the Duggar.”

Is she sorry? No.

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Confession 2: Shannon

Kind of Sin: Not specified. We think venial, though.

I pooped myself earlier today… I had to walk around with no panties on because I stunk so bad. Please don’t tell anyone.

Is she sorry? Also unspecified.

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Confession 3: Matthew, leader of the Altar Boyz

Kind of Sin: Venial

I read a confession about some lady pooping herself, and she asked us not to tell anyone… but I posted it on the Altar Blog. I just wanted to help cleanse the poop on her soul.

Is he sorry? Sure.

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Confession 4: Samantha

Kind of Sin: Mortal

I took straws, stir sticks, and tooth picks from various stands in the Granville Island Market to make a brussel sprout bouquet for my friend after her showcase. She likes brussel sprouts.

Is she sorry? No…

Thanks!

Posted on August 18, 2009 by Matthew

The 100th show was fantastic last night, with a fantastic crowd, a delicious cake and a whole lotta love.

There is only 15 more performances of Altar Boyz at the Arts Club Granville Island Stage, and we hope to see you there before the 29th.

Enjoy a few pics of The boyz, B-Millz and the tastiest/messiest cake the Lord could bless us with.

100 shows… THOUSANDS of souls saved!

Posted on August 17, 2009 by Matthew

Today is the day! The Altar Boyz will take the stage tonight at 8:00 for the 100th time here in BC!!!

Now, without further adieu, the boyz present the final segment of their favourite 100 memrories from their time here in Vancouver and British Columbia.

If you want to send a message to the Altar Boyz on their 100th show, post the comments below and we’ll pass them along. Continue reading →

Gettin’ to the good stuff!

Posted on August 16, 2009 by Matthew

What a trip it’s been down memory lane so far… we’ve knocked off 60 of the boyz’ fave moments from being on tour in BC and playing Granville Island.

Time to REALLY get down to business…

40. A relaxing afternoon at the hot springs while on tour in Nelson.

39. Flipping through the boyz’ flickr feed to see Matthew’s consistently goofy smile. Seriously… nearly the same every picture.

38. The first time hearing our amazing band play “We Are The Altar Boyz.”

37. Luke’s crazy backflip!!!

36. The fanz in Coquitlam.

35. Going clothing shopping with Auntie Shiela!

Shiela is our Jessie award winning costume designer. Before the boyz even had a single rehearsal, she took us out shopping to pick out some new threads.

34. Fun nights out at 1181.

33. Post-show popsicles on Juan’s downtown balcony with Matthew. Love ya, buddy.

32. Jennifer Bishop joining us onstage!

31. David Godin’s wonderful pre-show chat with the audience.

30. Making the band laugh… out loud!

29. Sara-Jeanne Hosie teaching the boyz how to do the Roger Rabbit.

28. Choreography changes so Matthew doesn’t have to do the Roger Rabbit.

27. Audience members laughing because they know what the Roger Rabbit is.

26. Waking up at 7:00am thinking about doing a blog post.

25. Rehearsal lunch breaks at the Pho place on Broadway at Cambie.

24. Our first standing ovation. Thank you so much.

23. Video footage from the road.

As much as we’d love to share some of this RIDICULOUS footage with you, this one is only for the boyz!

22. Awkward interviews with television crews.

21. Taking B-Millz and Stephanie Hargreaves to the Backstreet Boys concert.

Tomorrow is the big day! 100th show! Hope to see you there.

20 more of the boyz BC crushes

Posted on August 16, 2009 by Matthew

Saturday was a busy one with two shows for the boyz, so today we’ll be adding two sets of twenty things the boyz love about being in BC.

Check out the first 40 things below in our last two posts.

60. B-Millz (aka Bill Millerd) telling the boyz and the band about their four week holdover.

59. Getting in trouble for laughing too much in rehearsals.

58. Shotgun Toronto trips on the day off

57. Days off on SUNDAY!!! Yay! Everyone pray.

56. Signing massive piles of posters to hand out to the audience after the show.

55. Fans interrupting breakfast at White Spot, embarrassing Matthew while his parents are with him.

54. Susanna’s smiling face.

Susanna is the receptionist at the Arts Club, and possibly the friendliest person in the world. We adore her.

55. Fraternizing with our friends from Les Miserables.

54. Juan hitting a home run in the Arts Club vs. Bard on the Beach softball game.

53. Tanning too much.

52. MAC makeup’s bronzing powder. Does a boyband good.

51. Fireworks on the roof with Louis.

50. Vince and the Frenette sisters: our favourite regulars!

49. Mark’s yellow belt.

48. The Arts Club’s wonderful box office staff and their willingness to let the boyz in when they show up too early.

47. The band’s reluctance to play one particular song.

The boyz have a track they have never had to play before… it is only to be used in an extreme emergency, but the band still refuses to play it. They fear the powah.

46. Hugs from friends and fanz after the show

45. Sonora and her I *heart* Altar Boyz t-shirt.

44. Mark’s blonde curls.

43. Matthew’s tour hair… his crazy crazy tour hair.

42. The Heritage Inn in Nelson.

41. Buff Allen laughing at our pre-show rituals.

Look for 40 to 21 coming later on today!

20 morez reasonz the boyz lovez BC.

Posted on August 14, 2009 by Matthew

More shenanigans, good times and heart warming moments from the Altar Boyz’ BC stay!

100 great moments to help count us down to 100 shows. Or is it counting up? Meh, who needs math when you’ve got the New Testament?!

80. Sitzprobe in the lobby of the Stanley Theatre.

79. Breaking the “no dressing room warm-ups” rule.

78. Pre-Show harmony warm-up

77. Louis’ diners on tour.

Our stage manager managed to find some pretty greasy greasy spoons along the highways of BC. One had more taxidermy than the boys thought was even legal.

76. The fanz in Surrey.

75. Matthew constantly saying “Can I take a picture of that for the blog?!”

74. Sara Jeanne’s “spare dance.”

Our choreographer is a heck of a bowler who has a knack for getting spares. Everytime it happens, she does a little dance to celebrate… look for the move in “God Put The Rhythm in Me.”

73. Rachel “Spicey” Bland’s daily reminder that “places” means “places.” What can we say? The boyz kinda take their time getting ready.

72. The look on Sasha Niechoda’s face the first time the boyz all sang together. Magic.

71. Juan playin’ it up for the camera when the boyz shot their “behind the scenes” video at http://www.artsclub.com.

70. Photo shoots with David Cooper.

69. Freak snow storms hitting BC AFTER the boyz finished their tour!

68. Finding the only nightclub in Nelson, BC.

67. Reminding guitarist David Sinclair that this “ain’t no Sarah McLachlin concert.”

66. Buff Allen’s smiling face buried in his iPhone.

65. Jim Hodgkinson rockin’ out at the top of the show.

66. The Arts Club’s functioning air conditioner during the heatwave.

The Arts Club’s air conditioner (when broken) made numbers 1 – 100 on the boyz’ list of things they could do without.

65. The fire department’s quick and surprisingly silent response to fire alarms.

64. A wonderful and sweet Nun who came to see the show and laughed at all the jokez.

63. The very first quick change rehearsal.

The boyz were practicing a very speedy costume change during their rehearsals at the Carousel Theatre building. The blinds weren’t down and a couple of ladies got an eye full of Luke very scantily clad. They nearly walked into a wall. Laughter ensued.

62. Arts Club Marketing department cookie parties.

61. Taking off sweaty costumes at the end of a great show.

Tomorrow we’ll take you from 60 to 41!

The boyz reach their 100th show on Monday, August 17th!

Countdown to 100 Shows!

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Matthew

Luke is flippin’ out, yo!!

“100!! I made it to 100!!”

Yes, Luke finally counted all the way to 100, it’s really amazing. But Luke’s grand accomplishment lead the boyz to another miraculous realization: Their 100th show is only days away.

August 17th at 8:00, the Altar Boyz hit the stage for the big 1-0-0 and they couldn’t be more thrilled. Seeing as it’s only five days away, we’ll be running down the boyz’ 100 favourite things about playing British Columbia. These faves are being fondly remembered from our BC tour in the winter, and the current Granville Island run.

Check out the first 20… after the jump!

Continue reading →

Stupid Questions with Matthew

Posted on August 8, 2009 by Matthew

The Arts Club’s fancy new blog is lookin’ pretty hot these days, especially with their latest post!

Matthew is the subject of a series called “Stupid Questions” which allows the blog readers to take a fun trip into the twisted minds of some of the people working on the Arts Club stages. Here’s a little excerpt:

SQ: In “Girl, you make me want to wait” you mention mastering your fate. Are there any ways that you can recommend to help young people master their fate, especially if they don’t want their mom to know they are mastering their fate, like, 10 times a day?

M: Great question. Let me begin by saying the Lord is always watching when you master fate. Every time. Just know he loves the spectacle. Now Momma might get all up in your grill by how often and thoroughly you kids are fate mastering these days, but simply remind her that Jesus also mastered fate. If she’s still frontin’ on you, just do it in the washroom.

Read the entire post here!

Jesus ditches his beeper.

Posted on August 5, 2009 by Matthew

<You're probably wondering why Jesus was ringing up Mark via a beeper in the boyz' hit song "The Calling."

"Jesus paged me on my beeper. A call from heaven up above."

Well, JC came to the boyz during a recent prayer session after a show for a chat. Stage management thinks they were just hallucinating (the air conditioner wasn't working during a show last week…), but the boyz insist it was legit.

He said he preferred to get in touch with the masses via Twitter, the micro-blogging site that's all the rage.

Here are the new lyrics the boyz will be testing out as early as tonight:

"Jesus tweeted on my Twitter. A message texted from above."

We'll let you know how it works out!

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