John Ovenden contacted Mr Welch – who describes himself as Jersey’s biggest Dame Shirley fan – after seeing him featured in the JEP last week.
Mr Welch had been left heartbroken after not managing to get a ticket to the Jersey Style Awards at which Dame Shirley was due to appear to collect an award.
However, Mr Ovenden could not bear to see the 77-year-old miss out and offered him a ticket which had been meant for his wife.
‘We saw the story and just thought he is going to love it,’ said Mr Ovenden.
Mr Welch, who has spent tens of thousands of pounds on memorabilia and travelling the world to see the star perform, added that her performance had been ‘out of this world’.
‘It was like being in a dream,’ he said.
