Lil’ Bitts - Born on October 31st, Shivonne Liesl-Anne Churche
is also known to the music world as Lil’ Bitts. Named after Liesl, the oldest girl in the
movie classic Sound of Music, her mother Emerita Sambrano-Churche knew that she was going to be a singer.
In the early years Liesl showed
unmistakable signs that she was going to be a performer. She attended Sacred Heart Girls’ RC School, Woodbrook Government Secondary and Trinizuela College.
During that period
the youngster who
would become Lil’
Bitts was ‘coming
into her own,’
participating in many calypso and soca competitions where she
triumphed, and was
also a finalist on
several occasions.
At 17 Lil’ Bitts made the conversion from calypso to soca
when she performed in the Junior Soca Monarch Competition. From
that point the young
artist knew she wanted to
perform full time.
In
2004 she had her
first breakthrough
with a song
called “In My
Country” featuring
Bunji Garlin. As the
years went by she
added more hits to
her name, like “Crush”
featuring Sean Caruth,
and “Bump,” one of her
biggest songs to
date - both of which
were written by Kernal Roberts.
“Crush” enabled Lil’
Bitts to make her first
debut into the
International Groovy
Monarch Competition.
It was followed by “Esta
Fiesta” written by
Lil’ Bitts.
Later on, she added “Hold Meh” and “Careful” both written by her brother Sherrard Churche who is also her manager. “Careful” enabled her to make it to the International Groovy Soca Monarch Competition once again.
The soca singer is
also well-travelled,
performing in such
places as Guyana, Grenada, St. Vincent, Toronto, New York, Miami, Bermuda, Jamaica,
the Bahamas and Antigua.
2011 was a great
season for Lil’
Bitts; and 2012 saw
her showcasing
“Mischief” and “Ketchin’
It” for Carnival.
She is not resting
on her music
laurels, and has already released
two singles for
2013:
Stormin’ and
Panorama, the track
featured here.
Edited by C. Phillips
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