Geneva Cruz Reposts Ryan Cayabyab’s Post, Goes Emotional

Geneva Cruz went emotional as she reposted Ryan Cayabyab’s post

Geneva Cruz took to social media as she went emotional as she reposted Ryan Cayabyab’s post that reminded her of “Smokey Mountain” days.

As seen in the photo on Ryan Cayabyab’s post, which was reposted on her Instagram account, it showed that she was with her “Smokey Mountain” bandmates James Coronel, Jeffrey Hidalgo, and Assistant Secretary of the Department of Finance Tony Lambino in their early years as a group.

Geneva Cruz emotional
Photo: Ryan Cayabyab / Instagram

In her post, she admitted that she got teary-eyed when Ryan Cayabyab — the National Artist for Music and Ramon Magsaysay awardee — posted the said photo.

According to her, they were all so young and they had no idea what they’re getting into other than they’re just all “hungry to sing”.

Geneva then expressed her gratitude to Ryan Cayabyab, saying, “Smokey Mountain changed our lives forever”.

In Ryan Cayabyab’s post, he shared that his school of music ran an audition for young singers — between 12-14 years old — in the summer break of 1989.

According to him, they found eight finalists who underwent almost two months of training in dancing and singing.

He added that they chose the final members of the group of teeners who ended up as the first batch of Smokey Mountain when the training ended.

These kids…whew. Look at them then. May mga uguhin pa dyan“, Ryan said.

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“RT @myranetorsa (Maestro) 💚 Couldn’t find my college teaching materials from among the piles of brown folders. Naubos oras ko today! Pero nakita ko ito. In the summer school break of 1989, we ran an audition at the music school of Ryan Cayabyab looking for young singers aged 12-14, and found 8 finalists who underwent almost 2 months of training in singing and dancing. When the training ended, we chose the final members of a group of teeners who ended up as the 1st batch of Smokey Mountain. These kids… whew. Look at them then. May mga uhugin pa dyan. Hehehe. Aylabett.” 😊😊😊 I got teary-eyed when the maestro posted this… we were all so young, we had no idea what we were getting into other than we were just all hungry to sing. Smokey Mountain changed our lives forever, and we are forever grateful to have the best mentor/tatay-tatayan — 1 of our country’s 🇵🇭 National Artists but is super Low-key for life. We love you, Mr. C! 🎶🎹 #smokeymountaingroup #opm #ryancayabyab #jamescoronel #genevacruz #tonylambino #jeffreyhidalgo #tb

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