VOLUME 2 • ISSUE 3

MICHELE
HENDERSON


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NAME

Michele Henderson

BORN:
Michele Henderson
31st May, 1979
Pointe Michel, Dominica

PROFESSION

Singer

FAMILY

PARENTS:
Lambert Henderson and Margaret-Rose Paquette-Henderson

SIBLINGS:
Elsa, Marie-Claire and Jonathan

SPOUSE:
Roland Delsol Junior 19?–present

CHILDREN:


EDUCATION

1983–90 Grand Bay Primary School, Grand Bay, Dominica
1990–95 Dominica Grammar School, Roseau, Dominica

DEGREES:
1933 High school diploma, Dominica Grammar School

CAREER

1996 Band member of Impact, performed on album Islander
2000 Performed at Carifesta 2000, St. Kitts, as part of the Dominican contingent
Grenada Spice Jazz Festival, St. Georges, Grenada
Inaugural Archipel Concert, Martinique
4th Games of the Francophone, Ottawa, Canada, as competitor representing Dominica
Anse d’Arlet Festival, Anse d’Arlet, Martinique
Ifet, Basse Terre, Guadeloupe
2001 Barbados Congaline Festival 2002 on World Beat Night, St. Lawrence Gap, Barbados
St. Lucia Jazz Festival, St. Lucia
World Creole Music Festival, Pottersville, Dominica
2003 World Creole Music Festival, Pottersville, Dominica
2004 New York International Music Festival, Miami, Florida, USA
18th annual UCLA Jazz & Reggae Festival, Los Angeles, California, USA
22nd Anittilliaanse Feesten, Hoogstraten, Belgium
Leuven Rock Festival, Leuven, Belgium
World Creole Music Festival, Pottersville, Dominica
2005 St. Vincent Blues Festival, Buccament Bay, St. Vincent
St. Lucia Jazz Festival, St. Lucia
Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark
World Creole Music Festival, Pottersville, Dominica

WORKS

ALBUMS
1996 Islander, as member of Impact band
2000 Michele Henderson, debut album
2001 Michele Henderson, Creole Special—Live at the Arawak House of Culture
2002 Sound Check
2004 Mwen aime’w

AWARDS

1996 Successful Young and Upcoming Caribbean Artist–Emergens Award, Martinique
1997 Best Recorded Female Artist—FAME Awards, Dominica
1998 Auguiste Etienne Award for Achievements as a Young Person, from the Youth Division, Dominica
2003 Album of the Year 2002 (Sound Check) and Song of the Year 2002 (Sing for Africa), FAME Awards, Dominica
2004 Special Recognition Award—Golden Drum Awards, Division of Culture, Dominica
2005 Best Female Artist—Flamboyant Awards, DBS Radio, Dominica

NOTABLE

1995 Won DOMFESTA song contest
Performed on Mizik a Nou Volumes 1, 2 & 3, (1997, 1998 and 1999)
2004 Appointed an official Goodwill Ambassador to Dominica