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Being the birthday of Phil Collins, I think this will be a good time for this story. When my wife and I were planning our wedding, we wanted “Follow You, Follow me” to be our song for the event. So, I hatched a plan. I found the address of Phil’s office in the UK and wrote him a letter.
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I asked if he would be willing to come to our celebration and sing the song in person. I kept my expectations low, figuring I might not hear anything. Or at best, maybe get an autographed glossy photo. Neither of those things happened.
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A few weeks went by and I got a letter from London in the mail. It was from his assistant, Annie. She was very polite, and told us that he would unfortunately not be able to attend. But she went on to say that he often swings through the office.
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If she could grab his attention, she would have him sign a wedding card. Again, I didn’t keep expectations high. Once more, however, I got a surprise. A month or two before the wedding, another envelope arrived from the UK. This one was larger and had a second envelope inside along with a letter.
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The letter was from Annie. She got it done! While she asked that we wait until the wedding to open the other envelope, she ended her letter with “yeah, right!”. She knew we couldn’t wait. So, we ripped it open.
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This was what was in the other envelope…
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How cool is that? We still have it and both letters from Annie. As it turns out, however, we did Mike Rutherford a huge disservice. He wrote it! 😳 That’s okay though. I’m sure he isn’t offended.
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Natalie Hill
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Peter Fraser
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So cool! So many great songs too - I just finished watching his 1990 Berlin concert on youTube not even knowing it was his birthday! Sad that he can't perform anymore, but he sure left a lot of great music out there!
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Carla Reid + Chilla
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What a great memory.
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Jim (Yes, that Jim)
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It is! Thank you!!
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Bev Turner
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Very cool!!!! Thanks for sharing!
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