Crazy for ‘iCarly’

Miranda Cosgrove takes the stage at the Sonoma County Fair, Thursday August 9, 2012 in Santa Rosa. (Kent Porter / Press Democrat)

Fueled by cotton candy and corn dogs and bedazzled in their finest glittering tiaras, hundreds of Sonoma County’s youngest music fans flocked to the Miranda Cosgrove concert Thursday night at the Chris Beck Arena in Santa Rosa.

Better known to the tween-set as Carly Shay from the Nickelodeon series “iCarly,” Cosgrove entertained the young crowd at the fairgrounds for more than an hour — it was near bedtime after all — with a set of bubbly pop tunes from her recent album, Sparks Fly, and subsequent EPs.

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Dressed in gold sequins and a black skirt, she pranced onstage to high-pitched squeals of young delight audible throughout the fairgrounds. And likely to any canines within a 3-mile radius.

“It’s disgusting how much I love you,” said a handwritten poster made by Hailey Brock, 15, of Santa Rosa, a reference to Cosgrove’s song of the same name. Brock and friend Rylee Wolf, 15, of Santa Rosa were breathless with excitement as the concert began. “It’s my first concert ever!” Brock said. “I can’t even believe I’m seeing her,” she added, jumping to the beat.