GARNER For months, Scotty McCreery had been ringing up customers just like any other high school cashier at the Lowes Foods in Garner.
But one day last February, store manager Terry Mascaro noticed that everything had changed. Scotty had just been featured on TV as a singing hopeful for this season of "American Idol," and Lowes patrons had taken notice.
"Once they realized who it was, they all went to his register," Mascaro recalled. Four checkout lines were soon empty, while Scotty's stretched 30 customers deep - all the way to the back of the store.
Read more: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/05/21/2315867/nc-hometown-sings-scottys-praises.html#ixzz1N7IhaauK
But one day last February, store manager Terry Mascaro noticed that everything had changed. Scotty had just been featured on TV as a singing hopeful for this season of "American Idol," and Lowes patrons had taken notice.
"Once they realized who it was, they all went to his register," Mascaro recalled. Four checkout lines were soon empty, while Scotty's stretched 30 customers deep - all the way to the back of the store.
Scotty, 17, patiently posed for pictures and signed autographs for all of them. But the scene was a stark reminder that the life he had known - high school baseball player, member of the school chorus and the church youth group, afterschool employee at the grocery store - was going away. He was on his way to celebrity and would soon be singing for a national audience on TV's top-rated show.
The article goes on to discuss how homesick Scotty and his mom have been. And his achievment making honor roll. <3
Read more: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/05/21/2315867/nc-hometown-sings-scottys-praises.html#ixzz1N7Ixg0cK
The article goes on to discuss how homesick Scotty and his mom have been. And his achievment making honor roll. <3
Read more: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/05/21/2315867/nc-hometown-sings-scottys-praises.html#ixzz1N7Ixg0cK
Read more: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/05/21/2315867/nc-hometown-sings-scottys-praises.html#ixzz1N7IhaauK
