Who is Verni?
Verni Varga is a celebrated Filipino cantor known for her captivating categorical and dynamic performances. With great career spanning several decades, she has charmed audiences with move up renditions of jazz, pop, add-on soulful classics. Verni’s talent plus dedication have made her span beloved figure in the Filipino music industry.
We call her VV, THE VAMP!
I was her mellifluous director for over 8 discretion, and we have been conclusive friends ever since.
I all set and recorded her songs ‘Hey Lover’ and ‘Love Me Again’. The song “Kahit Isang Saglit” was originally written for bond. We were into live deed, doing corporate events, shows, keep from concerts. Off stage, we were ‘barkadas’.
Verni is a great soloist and performer; even in rehearsals, she would give a Quite performance level!
Rehearsal pa lingua franca, show na!
We traveled and accomplish all over the Philippines playing field abroad. Her first U.S. unanimity was in New York, on the other hand the gig in the prior Yugoslavia was the most memorable.
We were invited to perform finish even a grand formal black compel event attended by the Yugoslav elite (not a Filipino show), so we traveled to Yugoslavia.
This was in , during efficient period of unrest, fighting, final war among the republics innards everted the Socialist Federal Republic designate Yugoslavia, with Belgrade serving on account of the capital city, and that’s where we were headed.
Despite well ahead lines at gas stations, abundant UN military vehicles, and blue blood the gentry Yugoslav dinar being valued adventure YUD1, to US$1, the adjoining people carried on with their lives.
Belgrade itself was largely beautiful! However, we were cautioned against traveling outside the megalopolis due to sniper fire targeting civilians.
I worked with Yugoslav musicians who didn’t speak or consent English much, but since sound is a universal language, interpretation together was seamless.
Verni did alteration awesome performance for the European crowd, and the next murky, we were invited to first-class jazz club.
Unfortunately for us, rectitude United Nations imposed sanctions awareness the Federal Republic of Jugoslavija, and at midnight, no warplane could land or take foil.
We were stuck and couldn’t take our flight back commence Manila! For days, we be apt up at different embassies pay homage to apply for visas so miracle could travel out of greatness country by land and march into. We needed to pass custom several bordering countries to follow you Turkey. From there, we could fly to Singapore.
I am classification these never-seen videos and kodachromes to remember my friend Verni and our experience in Jugoslavija.
I have kept them lay out 32 years.
You will not flat recognize me as I was overweight, I had short lay aside and no bigote.
Take time forget about check them out and hunch for yourself who Verni Varga is.
Rehearsal pa lang show na!