SINGER Abby Dallas says Sacaj's win in this year's Jamaica Festival Song Competition should serve as a boost for female entertainers, especially as the island celebrates its 60th anniversary of In.
DANECE "Sacaj" Jacas, winner of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission's (JCDC) Jamaica Festival Song Competition, is passionate about the land of her birth.
"I really love my country and I'.
Like many entertainers before her, Danece Alia Jacas, better known as Sacaj, grew up singing in the church, where she has been active in music ministry since the age of six.
However, the entrepreneurship major at the University of Technology Jamaica, after much persuasion, is ready to explore the offerings of the other world , even as she smiles away any suggestions of conflict and the obvious question, Why not gospel? I was always singing and writing, but did not really want to do it as a career. I also know that the office thing is not for me. If I were to do gospel I would have to lead with my life and I am not there yet. Then a producer friend who knew I could sing reached out to me in 2019 and I recorded my first single,