There are a few famous blind singers such as Ray Charles, Andrea Bocelli, Stevie Wonder, Roy Orbison, Blind Willie McTell. There is one thing they all have in common – they were all born and raised in the Northern Hemisphere. That was the challenge Vernon faced.
Vernon Barnard is blind but that didn’t stop him from becoming a full-time musician two years ago. Vernon is 22 years old and from Strand, South Africa. He was born with glaucoma and damage to the optic nerve that left him blind. Photos of Vernon as a young boy with big beautiful eyes will break many hearts.
He was born and raised in the Southern Hemisphere! Could he be the first in his hemisphere to pull it out? Vernon will tell us that records will be broken,
Vernon Barnard sang “Story of My Life” by One Direction. His parents were his biggest supporters and they were behind the scenes. It was a song Vernon could associate with and on that day he sang it out loud in a devastating performance.
