IT’S LADIES NIGHT OUT ALL OVER AMERICA!

MALE REVUE SHOW CREATED BY 98 DEGREES’ JEFF
TIMMONS AND EMMY-NOMINATED CHOREOGRAPHER GLENN
DOUGLAS PACKARD— KICKS OFF NOVEMBER WITH
ITS ‘SNEAK PEEK’ NORTH AMERICAN PROMOTIONAL TOUR

They say everything’s bigger in Texas – including those Ladies Nights Out and the ever-building excitement for “Men on the Strip,” a phenomenon in the making that’s quickly redefining sexy for a whole new era!

The Lone Star State was the perfect choice for the first weekend of November launch of the franchise’s highly anticipated North American promotional tour, which hit Coach Joe’s Hat Tricks in Lewisville November 1 and The Concert Pub North in Houston November 2.

The tour is sponsored by Go Tie (https://thegotie.com/) and Radii Footwear (http://www.radiifootwear.com/)

“Good Morning Texas,” the popular morning show on WFAA in Dallas-Fort Worth, helped get the party started with a five and a half minute feature segment featuring a steamy group dance performance by the multi-talented stars of the show and an interview with co-creator Jeff Timmons of 98 Degrees.

Timmons and one of the Men also praised the immense contributions of the show’s co-creator, Emmy nominated choreographer Glenn Douglas Packard.

A hip, contemporary re-imagining of the male revue, “Men of the Strip” next took its promo tour up to Tulsa, OK (Vanguard Theater, November 3) and Colorado, where they stopped at Cactus Canyon in Greeley (November 6) and the Electric Cowboy in Westminster (November 7).

In the months leading up to the launch of “Men of the Strip” on the Vegas Strip, each of the performers will be creating their own individual brands in addition to helping develop the branding of the franchise.

In addition to introducing the Men of the Strip, these events, scheduled to run through the holiday season, will include performances by host Timmons (who will perform his own original music plus hits from 98 Degrees) and a few steamy, high-energy numbers with the Men of the Strip cast to tease the mega-show coming to Las Vegas.

Women who can’t wait for the tour to hit their town can work themselves into a frenzy watching the intimate yet explosive Sizzle Reel for the reality docu-series (http://menofthestrip.com/videos/sizzle82613.mp4) and the Behind the Scenes Calendar shoot: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kt0ReI2XT8).

In the months leading up to the launch of “Men of the Strip” on the Vegas Strip, each of the performers will be creating their own individual brands in addition to helping develop the branding of the franchise.

In addition to introducing the Men of the Strip, these events, scheduled to run through the holiday season, will include performances by host Jeff Timmons (who will perform his own original music plus hits from 98 Degrees) and a few steamy, high-energy numbers with the Men of the Strip cast to tease the mega-show coming to Las Vegas.

A second leg of the tour, scheduled for 2014, will be announced at a later date. In conjunction with these live events, Timmons, Packard and their team are also developing a fascinating, behind the scenes “docu-series” about the creation and development of “Men of the Strip” and the real lives of the eight performers.

Even as Timmons and his team continue to develop the full stage show, their branding of “Men of the Strip” has begun with the marketing of a 16-month 2014 calendar with a bonus centerfold poster – which offers an exclusive first look into the cast at their sexiest moments. The calendar retails for $14.95 and is available at www.menofthestrip.com.

Packard and his team embarked on months of scouting across the U.S. and beyond to cast the perfect eight performers for the opening launch of “Men of the Strip”: former college football star Chris Boudreaux (from Las Vegas); group fitness trainer Dwayne Baldwin (from Manhasset, NY); Radiology Technologist Garo Bechirian (from Cambridge, MA); minor league ballplayer turned Latin soap star Joel Sajion (from the Dominican Republic); stage actor Keith Webb (from Philadelphia); veteran Vegas stage performer Kyle Efthemes (originally from Chesapeake, VA); wrestler in training Nate Estimada (from San Jose); and Jiu-jitsu trainer Charles Dera (also from Philly).

“From the promotional tour to the TV series to the stage show, what we’re showing is the same—talented guys with real lives having a blast performing and getting incredible reactions from women who are just out to have a good time,” Timmons says. “I’m attracted to the reality of women with normal, mainstream lives going out and getting dirty for a night, hanging out with our guys, who fuel their fantasies while remaining wholesome and normal themselves in their lives offstage.”

Tour Dates for fall 2013 include:

11/7: Westminster, CO – Electric Cowboy
11/8: Wichita, KS – Pandora Nightclub
11/9: Des Moines, IA – Lotus Moments Events Center
11/11: Columbus, OH – Skully’s Music Diner
11/12: Bowling Green, OH – Howard’s
11/13: Ft. Wayne, IN – Piere’s
11/14: Ferndale, MI – Magic Bag
11/15: Minneapolis, MN – Mill City Nights
11/16: Steger, IL – Another Hole in the Wall
11/18: St. Louis – The Demo
11/19: Lincoln, NE – Knickerbockers
11/21: St. Cloud, MN – Red Carpet Nightclub
11/22: Racine, WI – Route 20 Outhouse
11/23: Kalamazoo, MI – Wild Bull
11/29: Cleveland, OH – Barley House
11/30: Lancaster, PA – Chameleon Club
12/1: Toronto, ON – Uniun
12/3: Buffalo, NY – Forum
12/4: Rochester, NY – The German House
12/5: Albany, NY – Barrel Saloon
12/6: Niagara Falls, ON – Dragon Fly
12/7: Atlantic City, NJ – Harrah’s Pool After Dark
12/11: Pawtucket, RI – The Met
12/12: Portland, ME – Asylum
12/13: East Hampton, NH – Wally’s Pub
12/14: Reading, PA – Reverb
12/15: Stafford Springs, CT – The Palace
12/17: New York, NY – Gramercy Theatre
12/18: Asbury Park, NJ – Stone Pony
12/19: East Stroudsburg, PA – Sherman Theater
12/20: Charlotte, NC – Chop Shop
12/21: Jacksonville, FL – Mavericks

For more information and the latest updates and photos, please visit

Official site: http://menofthestrip.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/menofthestrip
Twitter: https://twitter.com/menofthestrip
Instragram: http://instagram.com/menofthestrip
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/menofthestrip
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/menofthestrip/

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TAKING SEXY TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL,
‘MEN OF THE STRIP’—THE DYNAMIC NEW
MALE REVUE SHOW CREATED BY 98 DEGREES’ JEFF
TIMMONS AND EMMY-NOMINATED CHOREOGRAPHER GLENN
DOUGLAS PACKARD—LAUNCHES ITS HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED
‘SNEAK PEEK’ NORTH AMERICAN PROMOTIONAL TOUR
IN THE DALLAS AREA NOVEMBER 1

Forget the cooler fall weather! Redefining sexy for a whole new era, “Men of the Strip” (www.menofthestrip.com) is about to heat things up all across the country as they kick off their highly-anticipated North American promotional tour in Lewisville, Texas on November 1, 2013. The tour gives fans a “sneak peek” to the full production show coming to Las Vegas in 2014.

Perfectly in line with their hip, contemporary re-imagining of the male revue, “Men of the Strip”—created by Jeff Timmons from 98 Degrees and Emmy-nominated choreographer Glenn Douglas Packard—is launching with intimate, buzz generating meet and greets that allow ladies of all ages to hang with the multi-talented stars of the show.

In the months leading up to the launch of “Men of the Strip” on the Vegas Strip, each of the performers will be creating their own individual brands in addition to helping develop the branding of the franchise.

In addition to introducing the Men of the Strip, these events, scheduled to run through the holiday season, will include performances by host Jeff Timmons (who will perform his own original music plus hits from 98 Degrees) and a few steamy, high energy numbers with the Men of the Strip cast to tease the mega-show coming to Las Vegas.

A second leg of the tour, scheduled for 2014, will be announced at a later date. In conjunction with these live events, Timmons, Packard and their team are also developing a fascinating, behind the scenes “docu-series” about the creation and development of “Men of the Strip” and the real lives of the eight performers.

Even as Timmons and his team continue to develop the full stage show, their branding of “Men of the Strip” has begun with the marketing of a 16-month 2014 calendar with a bonus centerfold poster – which offers an exclusive first look into the cast at their sexiest moments. The calendar retails for $14.95 and is available at www.menofthestrip.com. The Official Behind-the-Scenes video shoot can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kt0ReI2XT8

Packard (and his team) embarked on months of scouting across the U.S. and beyond to cast the perfect eight performers for the opening launch of “Men of the Strip”: former college football star Chris Boudreaux (from Las Vegas); group fitness trainer Dwayne Baldwin (from Manhasset, NY); Radiology Technologist Garo Bechirian (from Cambridge, MA); minor league ballplayer turned Latin soap star Joel Sajion (from the Dominican Republic); stage actor Keith Webb (from Philadelphia); veteran Vegas stage performer Kyle Efthemes (originally from Chesapeake, VA); wrestler in training Nate Estimada (from San Jose); and Jiu-jitsu trainer Charles Dera (also from Philly).

“From the promotional tour to the TV series to the stage show, what we’re showing is the same—talented guys with real lives having a blast performing and getting incredible reactions from women who are just out to have a good time,” Timmons says. “I’m attracted to the reality of women with normal, mainstream lives going out and getting dirty for a night, hanging out with our guys, who fuel their fantasies while remaining wholesome and normal themselves in their lives offstage.”

Tour Dates for Fall 2013 include:

11/1: Lewisville, TX – Coach Joe’s Hat Tricks
11/2: Houston, TX – The Concert Pub North
11/3: Tulsa, OK – Vanguard Theatre
11/6: Greeley, CO – Cactus Canyon
11/7: Westminster, CO – Electric Cowboy
11/8: Wichita, KS – Pandora Nightclub
11/9: Des Moines, IA – Lotus Moments Events Center
11/11: Columbus, OH – Skully’s Music Diner
11/12: Bowling Green, OH – Howard’s
11/13: Ft. Wayne, IN – Piere’s
11/14: Ferndale, MI – Magic Bag
11/15: Minneapolis, MN –
11/16: Steger, IL – Another Hole in the Wall
11/19: Lincoln, NE – Knickerbockers
11/21: St. Cloud, MN – Red Carpet Nightclub
11/22: Racine, WI – Route 20 Outhouse
11/30: Lancaster, PA – Chameleon Club
12/1: Toronto, ON – Uniun
12/3: Buffalo, NY – Forum
12/4: Rochester, NY – The German House
12/5: Albany, NY – Barrel Saloon
12/6: Niagara Falls, ON – Dragon Fly
12/7: Atlantic City, NJ – Harrah’s Pool After Dark
12/12: Portland, ME – Asylum
12/13: East Hampton, NH – Wally’s Pub
12/14: Reading, PA – Reverb
12/15: Stafford Springs, CT – The Palace
12/17: New York, NY – Gramercy Theatre
12/18: Asbury Park, NJ – Stone Pony
12/19: East Stroudsburg, PA – Sherman Theater
12/20: Charlotte, NC – Chop Shop
12/21: Jacksonville, FL – Mavericks
12/22: Orlando, FL – Tier Nightclub

For more information and the latest updates and photos, please visit

Official site: http://menofthestrip.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/menofthestrip
Twitter: https://twitter.com/menofthestrip
Instragram: http://instagram.com/menofthestrip
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/menofthestrip
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/menofthestrip/

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‘DANCING ENTREPRENEUR’ GLENN DOUGLAS PACKARD

EMMY-NOMINATED CHOREOGRAPHER (‘MICHAEL JACKSON: 30^TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL’) AND REALITY TV STAR (VH1’s ‘BROOKE KNOWS BEST’) TEAMS WITH 98 DEGREES’ JEFF TIMMONS TAKES SEXY TO
A WHOLE NEW LEVEL WITH THE GROUNDBREAKING, REALITY TV
READY MALE REVUE SHOW ‘MEN OF THE STRIP’

A Longtime Icon in the LGBT Community, Packard Has Worked
With Everyone from Timbaland and P!nk to Ricky Martin
and Whitney Houston     

Move over Justin Timberlake—Glenn Douglas Packard is now the guy bringing SexyBack!

The multi-talented, Emmy-nominated choreographer the New York Times once dubbed a “dancing entrepreneur” is bringing sexy to a whole new level, partnering with 98 Degrees’ Jeff Timmons on “Men of the Strip”—an explosive, revolutionary new live male revue entertainment extravaganza. Like all of Packard’s high-energy productions, the show will feature a full spectrum of fresh choreography, sexy numbers, singing and dancing by each of the performers, a wide range of music and dynamic aerial elements.

Drawing on the unique casting aesthetic of Backstreet Boys and ‘N Sync impresario Lou Pearlman, Packard did an extensive search via casting and modeling agencies in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York and Miami to find the perfect eight guys to launch “Men of the Strip” on a multi-media platform. That platform includes a currently in development reality TV show, an extensive promotional tour and, ultimately, a residency at a top hotel and casino on the Vegas Strip. The key will be for each of the “Men of the Strip” performers to create their own individual brands, in addition to helping develop the branding of the franchise.

Packard is perhaps best known on the cultural landscape for his reality TV turn as Brooke Hogan’s openly gay roommate on the 2008-9 VH1 show “Brooke Knows Best.” On the first episode, when Brooke’s dad, wrestling icon Hulk Hogan, makes it clear he didn’t want any heterosexual or bisexual men living with his daughter, he asked Packard “How gay are you on a scale of one to 10?” Packard’s proud and long out reply: “I’m a 10 gay.”

Packard first met Timmons when both were working on Mission Man Band, a 2007 VH1 series about launching a new band with various members from successful pop acts. The two friends recently meet in Vegas and decided to create the new face and look of male revue.

Drawing on this unique element of his multi-faceted entertainment background, Packard had on camera appeal as well as stage presence and dancing and singing skills in mind when he did his casting for “Men of the Strip.”

“I was looking for beautiful guys with beautiful bodies who could move,” he says. “But on top of that, a key part of the audition process, once Jeff and I narrowed our list down to 30 guys, was the personal interview process. I’ve seen thousands of sexy faces and bodies, but we needed to know their personalities, why they were getting into the business, what made them tick, and how they would come across on TV. We were thinking reality characters with good stories, searching for different types of characters from different cultural and ethnic backgrounds who would work well together. We filmed the whole audition process and that will be part of the reality show too.”

Also included in the show will be scenes of these macho Alpha males being put through Packard’s hardcore stripper boot camp like training and rehearsal regiment. As Timmons put it, “Glenn is this hard driving dude putting these perfectly built human trucks through hell – and at the end of it, they look great and are very different people.”

Packard, a scholarship student of Alvin Ailey’s American Dance Theatre in NYC, brings a powerhouse all-star resume to the development of “Men of the Strip.” Emmy-nominated for “Best Choreography” for his work on the historic 2001 concert and TV presentation “Michael Jackson’s 30^th Anniversary Celebration” (an all-star tribute to the King of Pop, his live stage and video productions include work with Ricky Martin, P!nk, Usher, Missy Elliot, Daddy Yankee and the late Whitney Houston.

Beyond his professional accolades, Packard likens his multi-faceted journey to that of the iconic film character Forrest Gump. Only instead of “Run Forrest Run,” it’s “Dance Glenn Dance!” The fanciful, upbeat spin on Packard’s story is that he went from milking cows on his family’s dairy farm in Clare, Mich. to dancing for two kings: King of Pop Michael Jackson and the King of Morocco. But there was near tragedy along the way.

Planning to take over the family business, at age 19, he was in a devastating farm accident that broke his back and nearly cost him his right leg. In and out of hospitals for over a year, Packard’s body experienced an infection that almost took his life. While lying in the hospital, he promised himself that if God helped him recover, he would do the one thing he always dreamed of doing: enroll in dance school. While dance and choreography became the focus of his professional life, Packard’s vocal talents earned him a spot in Pearlman’s other boy band “twONEty” (21). The group toured Europe, performing in 75 cities in 15 countries.

While Packard is going full force with “Men of the Strip” —an admittedly “straight male show designed for straight women to enjoy”—he hasn’t forgotten his roots in the gay community. During his days on “Brooke Knows Best,” he was a prominent icon and inspirational spokesperson for gay rights and gay pride, making numerous appearances on TV and on the covers of gay-oriented publications.

Packard is also a spokesman for The Bullying Academy, which includes giving many speeches in schools and for public organizations

“I love seeing what happens to these guys once they realize that they are not just pieces of meat, but are true personalities with a variety of talents. It’s exciting to watch them develop and thrive and learn so many life lessons along the way.”

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