OMG Digital Magazine | 248 | Thursday 2nd March 2017 • PAGE 35
Features
From the time she was a little girl dancing in the front row isles of Spectacular Forum , Leonce has loved and has always been surrounded by soca music
Living on the sweet twin islands of Trinidad & Tobago , Leonce ' s first chance of fulfilling her fantasy came when she performed at the junior calypso competition .
In 2005 after meeting Rayzor , band leader and lead male vocalist of The Request Band based in NY , she was given a shot at joining the band . With Rayzor now being her mentor , she has now become a big female vocalist in North America and it ' s only the lack of opportunity to break through and gain the respect deserved from her peers in the country where she was born and raised is missing . Leonce has been nurtured by influences such as Lord Kitchner , Singing Sandra , The Watch Man , Trinidad Rio , Denyse Plummer & Ella Andel and will continue to be disciplined as she has been showing since becoming the lead female front line vocalist ( State Year ) with the NY based Request Band destined to follow in the footsteps of Destra Garcia , Fayann Lyons , Allison Hinds and Shennel Demster Etc
Her release for 2016 WARN DEM has amassed close to 200,000 views on youtube since its been released . WARN DEM should a mega hit to look out for this upcoming Carnival once given its fair share of exposure .