Hannah Caldwell, 7, attended a Saturday showing of “Never Say Never” with her mother, Heather Caldwell , who recalled her obsession with New Kids on the Block in her youth. Girls’ cellphones sport Justin Bieber ringtones and wallpaper. Photos by SAM DEAN The Roanoke TimesFriends Jamie Dyer, 12 (left), and Sadi Gilbert, 11, spent Saturday morning preparing to see “Never Say Never.” They painted their faces, donned Justin Bieber shirts and made sure that their cellphones had Bieber ringtones. It’s about midday Saturday at the Valley View Grande cinema in Roanoke, where pop singer Justin Bieber’s concert documentary “Never Say Never” is showing in two formats — standard and 3-D. There are several Bieber-smitten girls. But there is no caterwauling and there’s no ticket line. This is a movie, after all, not a concert. Clearly, Jamie Dyer, 12, and friend Sadi Gilbert, 11, happily suffer from Bieber Fever. They wear Bieber trinkets. Words of tribute, penned with a black marker, adorn their cheeks. They hop up and down discussing the boy who became a sensation first on YouTube. “I like his hair,” Sadi said. (The New York Times described it as “famously floppy.”) “And he’s really nice and sweet and he likes his fans.” Brenda Dyer , Jamie’s mother, recalls her own youthful crushes. “ Donny Osmond . He was my first love,” Dyer said. “And David Cassidy. He was my first concert.” She and other mothers escort daughters. Boys are scarce, Jamie admits. “Some of them say they don’t like him, but some of them really do,” she said. Heather Caldwell brought her daughter Hannah, 7, who sports a Bieber T-shirt. “She’s got the posters,” Caldwell said. “She wants the whole bedroom set.” Hannah’s been a fan, Caldwell said, “ever since that ‘baby, baby, baby’ song came out.” She understands her daughter’s crush because she once swooned over New Kids On The Block. “I get it,” Caldwell said. View the original article here
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