Two years ago, as a surprise birthday gift for my soon to be ten year old son, I patiently waited on the phone line in an attempt to be one of the lucky parents to score Hanna Montana tickets and become “Mom of the Year,” in my boy’s eyes. While the concert had already sold out, I had heard an announcement on the radio that Hannah Montana and her people were releasing an extra fifty seats, so I jumped at the chance. My efforts were a success and I scored three tickets in the last row; one for myself and two for my Starr eyed boy and his lucky friend. At that time I barely knew who Miley Cyrus or Hanna Montana were, and little did I realize what an impact the young celebrity had made on thousands of young children.
Hannah Montana’s opening act was the boy band called the Jonas Brothers. As they entered the stage my ears were pierced by the screams of tens of thousands of eight-year old girls, and as I watched these boys run and jump around the stage; I realized that while their talent may not lie in their vocals, they were incredibly good at making pre-teen girls swoon. It immediately dawned on me what a gold mine their label had discovered.
Two years later, my son has matured and is much more interested in John Mayer and AC/DC. As I turn on the celebrity news, I realize that not only has he grown, but so have his earlier pre-teen idols. Hannah Montana now almost exclusively goes by her true name, Miley Cyrus, and has crossed the adolescent to adult musical boundary attracting fans of all ages. The Jonas brothers have grown too; in fact, one of the young celebrities just got married!
The oldest crooner of the Jonas Brothers is Kevin Jonas, at age twenty-two. Apparently not eager to spread his wings and play the field, this past weekend Kevin married his longtime girlfriend Danielle Deleasa. As a celebrity Kevin Jonas followed suite and threw a lavish winter themed wedding at the Oheka Castle in Long Island, New York, and even the weather cooperated by offering a beautiful snowstorm. In order to avoid playing the “favorite game,” Kevin’s younger brothers and fellow band mates, Nick and Joe Jonas, both served as his best man. Other celebrities to attend the Jonas-Deleasa wedding included Disney actresses Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato.
Kevin met Danielle, a twenty-two year old former hair stylist, in the Bahamas about two years ago, and she claimed to have no idea who he was. This past summer Jonas proposed to Deleasa at her home in New Jersey. Her engagement ring is a three-carat solitaire cushion-cut diamond surrounded by 210 round, brilliant-cut pave diamonds, which Jonas helped design along with Jacobs and Co. All members of the Jonas Brothers band wear purity rings to announce their commitment to celibacy before marriage, now after this past weekend, Kevin Jonas’s purity ring has been replaced by a much more grown-up wedding ring.
13:25 PM UTC February 05, 2012