Posted on 03/14/2015 8:45:12 AM PDT by a fool in paradise
State lawmakers have named pop star Phil Collins an honorary Texan, saluting his donation of hundreds of Alamo artifacts back to the historic outpost – while offering numerous quips referencing his song lyrics.
...Last year, he gave 200-plus pieces of his collection to the Alamo.
Collins grinned as many lawmakers took to the floor to joke about “feeling it in the air tonight,” ‘‘one more night” and Texas having a “groovy kind of love” for its newest honorary citizen.
(Excerpt) Read more at pollstar.com ...
This thing about Phil Collins and my beloved Texas, is amazing.
Years ago I thought he had a pretty wonderful life already going, but his life has reached new heights with this, he made it all the way to becoming a Texan.
Yep, I heard about his collection a few years ago, nice job to return some home!
Pretty cool.
Pretty cool.
Another thread from yesterday about the Alamo and it’s management.
Texas Land Office (George P. Bush) cancels Daughters of the Republic of Texas contract to run Alamo ^
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3267489/posts
Some articles about the Phil Collins donations to the Alamo from back in mid 2014
if anyone is interested in reading the responses back then.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;q=quick;s=phil%20collins
That’s wonderful! Thank you, Phil.
For those interested in our wonderful Texas, please see my bio page. There’s an interesting bit on the Alamo, amazing facts about Texas, our unique Texas animals (including my own private collection :) ) and much more.
Katy
That’s wonderful! Thank you, Phil.
For those interested in our wonderful Texas, please see my bio page. There’s an interesting bit on the Alamo, amazing facts about Texas, our unique Texas animals (including my own private collection :) ) and much more.
Katy
Phil Collins is beloved in Europe because he is known as a good guy who does a lot of stuff like this, making friends directly instead of through charities, like most celebrities.
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