Title: Preteens get vocal over singer
Date: September 26, 2000
Source: Cox News Service
Source: Entertainment, television and culture
Author: Jeffry Scott
Topic: News
His album "Aaron's Party (Come Get It)" hit stores Tuesday morning. And Aaron Carter, the younger brother of Backstreet Boy Nick Carter, hit the parking lot of Wal-Mart in Roswell, Ga., on Tuesday afternoon. Twelve-year-old Aaron isn't yet the magnet for teeny-boppers that his brother is. But he does pretty well with teeny-tiny-boppers _ fifth-graders, say _ several dozen of whom turned out for a brief concert near the tire and lube wing of the giant retail store or waited in line for autographs in the garden center.
"My 11-year-old daughter is supposed to be at cheerleader practice," said Teresa Adams, 41, of Cumming. "I don't think she'll make it." Adams stood first in line for autographs while daughter Samantha waited by the makeshift stage.
Charlie Guerraro, 43, of Alpharetta, brought his daughters Marianna, 5, and Andrea, 9, who agreed in chorus about Aaron: "He's cute."
The kids were eager to see the boy singer, but this was not, say, the Beatles at Shea Stadium. Carter's fans are, well, young. When the singer's appearance was delayed an hour due to a late plane, the grade-schoolers made use of the time by jumping over plastic cones in the parking lot.
