THE
Modfather has helped to raise £4,000 to support Roxi Aldrich. Roxi, two, from
New Town, Colchester, was born with cerebral palsy. Her parents, Joe Aldrich
and Adi Martinkovicova, want to raise £50,000 so she can have surgery in the
USA to enable her to walk.
Paul
Jones, a member of Sixties band Manfred Mann, hosted a gig at the Cranleigh
Arts Centre, in Surrey. He agreed to donate part of the proceeds to the Help
Roxi Walk campaign and invited the former Jam and Style Council star to play.
Mr
Aldrich, who fronts Colchester band LaVendore Rogue under his stage name, Jojo
Burgess, was also invited to perform with the band’s guitarist, Joel Fisk.
The
event has taken the campaign total to £30,000.
Mr
Aldrich said: “I approached Paul Jones via his agent and the producer of his
show on Radio 2.
"Three
or four weeks later, I got a call from Paul to say he would be delighted to
support the campaign – on the proviso he sang a few songs with me.
"It
was a big secret, but Paul Weller came along to play, too. It was a nice
surprise.”
To
support the appeal, visit www.justgiving.com/helproxiwalk
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