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ol where she discovered her passion for singing and music. She not only won her school’s Calypso monarch title for five consecutive years, she composed every one of her songs. Her musical roots came from her grandfather the late Frankie Garcia(Bourg Mulatresse, Santa Cruz) an island jazz musician. Her father Lloyd Garcia is an accomplished guitarist. She joined a quartet called PSYKE which disbanded after only one year. Following the demise of the group, Destra attended the School of Business and management earning a diploma in Sales management. in 1999 Roy Cape All-Stars took notice of her single titled - Ah Have A man Already with Third Bass and invited her to join the Roy Cape All-Stars Band as one of the lead vocalists. She pursued a solo career briefly, but eventually joined the band Atlantik in late 2002. She remains the frontline singer for Atlantik and has forged a successful songwriting partnership with Kernel Roberts (until 2005), churning out hits such as “Whe Yuh Want”, “Negative Vibes” and “Bonnie & Clyde”. in 2003, Destra released her first album red, White, Black which included her hit duet “it’s Carnival” with fellow Soca artist Machel Montano. The song became the virtual anthem of Trinidad and Tobago carnival that year and is widely known throughout the Caribbean and by extension, the world. She won the road march title that same year at the Labour day Carnival in Brooklyn and also placed second in the Trinidad and Tobago Soca monarch competition in that same year. Along with soca, this “Queen of Bacchanal” has become successful in the local music industry, specializing in pop-sounding soca compositions as well as fusion music encompassing aspects of East Indian culture. The breeziness of Destra’s music may well act as an antidote to the hard edge which often characterizes life not only in Trinidad and Tobago but in many other corners of the globe. Recorded Tuesday, 26th January, 2016, Trinidad. Produced by Stephen Doobal. A Production of Real Company Limited www.realcompanylimited.com - production@realcompanylimited.com - for the OMG Digital Magazine www.omgtt.com - info@omgtt.com