ALTARBOY

Diamondback Annie show opener by Dusti Cunningham

Diamond Back Annie - by Marie Astrid Gonzalez

Diamondback Annie - Altarboy burlesque - by Ben Zurbriggen

Velvet Hammer - Diamondback Annie - by Theron

Burlesque in Bern - Diamondback Annie - by Ben Zurbriggen

Angus Young burlesque by Diamondback Annie - photo by Theron

ACDC burlesque show - Diamondback Annie - by Ben Zurbriggen

Velvet Hammer - Diamondback Annie - by Marie Astrid Gonzalez

Burlesque dancer Diamondback Annie - La Photographie, Nashville

Vixens of Vinyl show, Oriental Theater, Denver. Photo by Honey Touché. Aerial by Scott Rockbear.

An altarboy has a religious experience with rock & roll at midnight mass in this act that kicks off with an incense-swinging processional up the theater aisle. Performed in pre-Vatican II altarboy vestments from the Basilica of Sainte Anne-de-Beaupre in Quebec, which has drawn millions of pilgrims seeking the miraculous cures the cathedral is famous for.

This act has options like congregational candles for the audience (where fire code permits) and a “resurrection” ending with an ascension into the rafters for spaces that can provide crew support and attachment points for aerial rigging.

MUSIC: "Kyrie Eleison" (Gregorian chant) + AC/DC - "Highway to Hell" + KISS - "God Gave Rock & Roll to You."

photo credits in order: Dusti Cunningham; Marie Astrid Gonzalez; Benjamin Zurbriggen; Theron; Benjamin Zurbriggen; Theron; Theron; Benjamin Zurbriggen; Marie Astrid Gonzalez; La Photographie Nashville; Honey Touché.

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