I said at herga on monday that Johnny had touched the lives of everyone in the room , and now having read so many tributes from around the world tonight I am in tears again .Fortunately Eric agreed for the Watford Concert to be recorded and Richard Watkins captured Johnny at his best only days before his Baltic bash with Jim . I have just listened to this - Johnny is his genial self leading the room in the way he loved ..it came so easily to him ..causing people who had no intention of singing to join in and be swept along in the community of song ...
I recall Dave Houlden's 'When the sing starts in the cellar' - "Johnny Collins is our vicar , he is leading us in song ,
With Mageean as the curate, how can anyone go wrong "....
and we have been so priveleged to have both Johnny and Jim opening the door to so many who could hardly believe the sheer majesty of what they heard..    I collected Jim at Stansted yesterday and remarkably the final Concert in Gdansk was also recorded on sunday evening... so there is the possibility of a last note CD of Johnny in this past 10 days.
Please ask anyone who was at the watford Concert on 27 june if they have or know anyone who took pictures of Johnny or indeed any of the other singers ? There is a good chance of putting together a special CD , to help Joyce and also to celebrate that there is only one JC.
I have not mudcatted before , so any pics pleasse reply also to Kitty as I'm not sure about replies .
Bumping into Johnny changed my life , and that of several others I know...what a great man
tim