Two thousand, six hundred and four miles separate glamorous Hollywood and rural Middletown. Hollywood is home to some of the elite celebrities, socialites, models, actors, singers and exclusive A-listers who entertain the nation. The distance between Hollywood and Middletown may be great but numerous students at Middletown High School have met these superstar personalities.
MHS senior Jessica Schoonover met The Jonas Brothers, a trio of brothers that have made their mark in the music industry under Disney’s Records.
“They’ve been my life since fifth grade,” she said.
At one of the seven Jonas Brothers concerts Schoonover has attended, she had the chance to meet the boy band before they walked onstage.
“[The Jonas Brothers] asked me if I was excited for the concert and I’m pretty sure I cried,” said Schoonover.
Another musical sensation is Sam “Sammy” Adams, whose most notorious song ‘Only One’ skyrocketed him to number one on TeenVogue’s “Artist to Watch” in 2012. Junior Olivia Ginebra met Dams when she and her sister received VIP tickets.
“I was really excited when I met him because he’s really attractive,” said Ginebra. “He asked how I was and I said I was good, [then] I asked how he was and he laughed—probably because I was really weird.”
Sophomore Clay Smith and his sister met Darius Rucker, a country star most known for his song “Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It,” at the Charlotte airport.
“I really like his music,” said Smith. “My sister and I went up to him and asked if he was Darius Rucker. He said he was, so we got his autograph.”
The influence celebrity’s leave on students differs from person to person, but when sophomore Sam Bizzell met former President George Bush, the impression left was immense.
“We shook hands and he patted me on the back,” said Bizzell about the moment he and the president met. “I told him I was in air patrol, and he said he appreciated what I was doing for the country.”
Attraction to the glamorous Hollywood stars is not completely unheard of; according in MHS psychology teacher, Jeff Colsh, there is science behind the attraction.
“We come to know celebrities so well from seeing them everywhere,” Colsh said. He added that the desire towards being a celebrity is a mutual feeling for most people.
“There’s a desire in all of us to be a celebrity or be famous.”
