Article: Concert benefits Vietnamese kids

The eighth annual Children's Benefit Concert to help needy children in Vietnam will be held April 1 in Pleasanton.

The annual concert is organized by sisters Chi and Truc Nguyen, who started their fundraising efforts in 1998 with garage sales that included a personal Beanie Baby collection and homemade almond toffee.

The concert features classical and jazz performances by San Francisco Symphony cellist Lawrence Granger, San Francisco Ballet associate principal cellist Eric Sung, New Pacific Trio cellist Nina Flyer, New Century Chamber Orchestra and Stratos chamber orchestra founder Miriam Perkoff, a Cal State East Bay jazz sextet and Stanford music students.

Truc Nguyen is a 2000 graduate ...

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