Beth
Jun 27th, 2005, 04:12 PM
Where the girls are
Teen idol Aaron Carter brings out the faithful
By RYAN LaFONTAINE and AMANDA CREEL
SUN HERALD
BILOXI - More than 1,000 high-pitched screams, loud enough to slice through eardrums, bounced between the walls Sunday inside Edgewater Mall as fans waited to see pop star Aaron Carter.
Fans chanted "Aaron, Aaron" for more than an hour, some carried homemade signs and others were there with hopes of actually getting to meet the youngest male solo artist ever to land four top 40 hits.
"I like him because he's cute," said 13-year-old Cynthia Prevou. "I want to meet him because he seems like a nice person."
Prevou got to the mall nearly two hours before the show started, but the long wait was worth her front-row spot to watch Carter perform 10 songs on stage in front of Dillard's during "Summer Splash," a promotional concert to celebrate the opening of Gulf Island Water Park in Gulfport, with top-40 radio station 107.1-FM The Monkey.
The younger brother of Backstreet Boy Nick Carter, 17-year-old Aaron has a new song, "Saturday Night," which has lit up the radio station request lines.
"The response has just been outstanding," said Lucas, the station's program director and afternoon disc jockey. "We feel like Aaron's star is just beginning to shine, and we're getting him on the way up."
Amber Hilton and Emily Mountjoy said they are two of the oldest Aaron Carter fans. The 18-year-olds stayed awake until 5 a.m. working on "We Love Aaron" signs.
"We are just fans of The Monkey and of Aaron Carter," Mountjoy said. "We are hoping to score some brownie points with The Monkey for working our butts off on these signs."
The Pine Gulf Council of the Girl Scouts ran a membership drive during the event and Gulfport representative Rachel Sones said "Summer Splash" was a great way to target a new type of scout.
"We are trying to make a new style of Girl Scouts," Sones said. "We are getting out into the community and sponsoring events like this to let them know we are no longer just camping and cookie sales."
Carter is scheduled to tour China later this summer. Gulf Island Water Park is expected to open next month.
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/local/11993839.htm
China, huh? Never heard that before. Did they have to put Nick's name in there? People know who Aaron is w/o Nick having to be mentioned. At least, they should.
Teen idol Aaron Carter brings out the faithful
By RYAN LaFONTAINE and AMANDA CREEL
SUN HERALD
BILOXI - More than 1,000 high-pitched screams, loud enough to slice through eardrums, bounced between the walls Sunday inside Edgewater Mall as fans waited to see pop star Aaron Carter.
Fans chanted "Aaron, Aaron" for more than an hour, some carried homemade signs and others were there with hopes of actually getting to meet the youngest male solo artist ever to land four top 40 hits.
"I like him because he's cute," said 13-year-old Cynthia Prevou. "I want to meet him because he seems like a nice person."
Prevou got to the mall nearly two hours before the show started, but the long wait was worth her front-row spot to watch Carter perform 10 songs on stage in front of Dillard's during "Summer Splash," a promotional concert to celebrate the opening of Gulf Island Water Park in Gulfport, with top-40 radio station 107.1-FM The Monkey.
The younger brother of Backstreet Boy Nick Carter, 17-year-old Aaron has a new song, "Saturday Night," which has lit up the radio station request lines.
"The response has just been outstanding," said Lucas, the station's program director and afternoon disc jockey. "We feel like Aaron's star is just beginning to shine, and we're getting him on the way up."
Amber Hilton and Emily Mountjoy said they are two of the oldest Aaron Carter fans. The 18-year-olds stayed awake until 5 a.m. working on "We Love Aaron" signs.
"We are just fans of The Monkey and of Aaron Carter," Mountjoy said. "We are hoping to score some brownie points with The Monkey for working our butts off on these signs."
The Pine Gulf Council of the Girl Scouts ran a membership drive during the event and Gulfport representative Rachel Sones said "Summer Splash" was a great way to target a new type of scout.
"We are trying to make a new style of Girl Scouts," Sones said. "We are getting out into the community and sponsoring events like this to let them know we are no longer just camping and cookie sales."
Carter is scheduled to tour China later this summer. Gulf Island Water Park is expected to open next month.
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/local/11993839.htm
China, huh? Never heard that before. Did they have to put Nick's name in there? People know who Aaron is w/o Nick having to be mentioned. At least, they should.