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Idol’s fans urged to give charity a helping hand
BY TIM CONNELL
01 Sep, 2010
Reigning Australian Idol Stan Walker put on a concert at Honeysuckle yesterday and called on fans to help a Newcastle charity assist children in Haiti.
Walker, 19, wore jeans, a blue singlet and crucifix necklace outside the Newcastle Maritime Centre before about 150 fans and bar and cafe patrons.
He performed songs, including his hit Little Black Box, and signed autographs.
Sisters Stephanie, 15, and Danielle, 13, Wickens, visiting from Dubai and staying in Kotara, were seeing Walker for the second time.
‘‘He’s just so cool,’’ Stephanie said.
‘‘I love his music, and he’s so humble and so real.’’
Walker had just played to 600 students at St Philip’s Christian College, Waratah.
He encouraged the Honeysuckle crowd to back the Random Acts of Kindness push started by New Zealand’s Church 180, which would mean helping someone with ‘‘no strings attached’’.
Walker said he had toured earthquake-hit Haiti as part of the campaign with Warabrook-based child advocacy group Compassion Australia.
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