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Ex-Hollies star will help Clitheroe concert for typhoon victims
TYPHOON victims in the Philippines will benefit from a fund-raising concert taking place in Clitheroe next Friday.
Former Hollies star Bernie Calvert will help provide the musical entertainment and proceeds will go to those affected by last month's disaster.
Bernie is a member of the music group at St Michael and St John's RC Church, Clitheroe, along with vocalist Vina Hodges.
Members of Vina's family were among those caught up in the massive storm which hit their homes in Manilla in October. Her mum had been due to travel to the Ribble Valley in time for the birth of Vina's first child, in February, but the losses she suffered in the typhoon mean she is no longer able to make the journey.
Vina said: "My family lives on the first floor of a two-storey building and everything has gone."
She said her mother and sister had been among a group of people to find refuge in a nearby church where they were forced to stay for two days. "My sister was able to text me because they only thing she had managed to save was her handbag," said Vina.
Vina has lived in Clitheroe almost since she came to England in 2004 as a senior carer. She married her husband, Lee, two years ago.
Tickets for the '70s/'80s night cost 10 including supper and are available from St Michael and St John's music group or by contacting Vina on 01200 429729.
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Sunday 05 February 2012
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