Harry’s hit for Miss!
STAR DEDICATES SONG TO FIRST TEACHER – AND GETS HER ON BIG SCREEN
HARRY Styles’ first schoolteacher has spoken about the magic moment the pop superstar stopped his huge Manchester homecoming gig to find her in the crowds.
Harry was performing for 74,000 fans at the Emirates Old Trafford stadium when he halted the show to try to find his ‘very first teacher Mrs Vernon’ in the crowds. After a couple of shout-outs, he found Mrs Vernon – as well as another of his old teachers from Hermitage Primary School in Holmes Chapel, Miss Wilson. He thanked them both for teaching him in his ‘formative years’ in the Cheshire village.
Now, Mrs Vernon has told of how she was ‘touched’ by the heart-warming moment at the show. She also revealed exactly what it was like teaching the little boy who has gone on to become one of the most famous men in the world.
It came on an emotional night for Harry, 28, who revealed that family and old school friends from Holmes Chapel were also in the crowds at his huge homecoming show. He dedicated a song to Mrs Vernon – leading the crowd into a huge cheer for the teacher, who was shown looking emotional on the big screen in the crowds.
Mrs Vernon said: “Thank you Harry for that lovely message, I was very touched by it.”
She added: “I taught him when he was four and five and he was adorable. He was a little bit of a monkey, cheeky, and he had lots of friends so a lot of his personality that you see now was quite evident from an early age. Later on in the Key Stage 2 he was in lots of performances, so it’s really in those years we saw how talented he was with his music. The best performance that I remember was when he was Elvis in the performance of Joseph that he did.
“But yeah, in everything he was amazing, all the teachers here are just so proud of him and so excited about this and everything that he’s achieved.”
Harry told the crowd: “It means a lot to me that’s you’re here tonight, you were truly wonderful teachers. Thank you from the bottom of my heart and it means a lot that you’re here and I’m dedicating this next song to you.”
He led the crowd in a huge cheer for Mrs Vernon. But before launching into Canyon Moon, he couldn’t help but quip to the audience: “Can you imagine dealing with me when I was four?” to huge laughter. He swiftly added: “I was very fun.”