Executives Board Of Directors
Mike Cummins
The Chairman And President
MIKE Cummins has been involved in the entertainment Industry for over 40 years. This veteran promoter can be creditedwithbeing instrumental in raising the standard of gospel music on the island of Barbados through his various efforts in the areas of being a radio announcer,promotions, music distributor, music seminars with emphasis specially on songwriting, being a vocal coach, artiste management, record producer, televison program producer and the use of evangelical music groups to tour the island and the region.
His best efforts perhaps may be seen in establishing the annual Choir Festivals in Barbados from 1985-1996 and the various Gospel Music Award schemes which today has artistes writing their own songs instead of copying, a practice which was prevalent back in the early days.
He has attended many music seminars in the USA such as The Christian Artiste Music Seminar, Estes Park, Rocky Mountains, The Bobby Jones Retreat in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and the Gospel Music Workshop of America, in Nashville, Tennessee where he was used as a Judge in the Pageant competition.
His new vision for Gospel music is to strengthen the base already established and to provide mechanisms where all interested artistes can be empowered.
Ronald Lorde- Vice President (Barbados)
Former Insurance executive, Ronald Lorde is an excellent person to have as front office manager. While at The INA Insurance company he performed the role of office management admirably and since then has had many years of working in the sales and distribution sector.
Thalia Parker-Baptiste-Director (Antigua &Barbuda)
Thalia, is a former Bank Manager and officer at the St. John’s Cooperative Credit Union (SJCCU) is a motivational speaker and Activist on the island of Antigua. Her responsibilities include the distribution of product throughout the Northern part of the Caribbean. She will assist with the distribution of the product in the Northern Caribbean area.
Roseline Corbin-Director (Barbados)
Roseline is a seminar facilitator and a well known consultant with the Barbados Government and the Private Sector. She is highly skilled in the area of preparing business proposals and organisational structure.
Philip Best- Director (Barbados)
Philip is a former Music Executive at West Indies Records Limited (WIRL) and has had many years in music. He will use his experience in the development of the musical product to assist in the Destinee product.
AkeilaMonerville- Director (Barbados)
Akeila is an accomplished actor, making her name while a student of her alma mater.
Goals
Purpose Statement
Each Destinee brand is designed to search for,select and empower individuals with a specific calling on their lives to inspire and change the world through the power of the Gospel using various media and modes of expressions.
Mission Statement
To provide talented individuals in the arts and literature with the opportunity to showcase their skills and talents and to be so empowered that it would provide social, physical, emotional and spiritual upliftment (or mobility) for the individual, their families and their communities.
Vision Statement
To be an entity that discovers and empowers talented people of Caribbean descent and to expose them to the world culture of entertainment arts and literature and in the process provide them with the platform to inspire,entertain and enrich people globally.
Training Programs
Music Seminars
For over forty years, Destinee Entertainment has been involved in training gospel artistes. Such topics were song writing, sound, lighting, Royalties, performance skills, Use of stage, publishing, Ministry,Microphone techniques etc.
Within recent years 25% of attendees at the seminars have been non church people. This program is expected to be enhanced and expanded as years go on with the involvement of more international participation.
Clinicians of these seminars included Stedson “Red Plastic Bag” Wiltshire, Anthony “Mighty Gabby” Carter, John King, Admiral Nelson, Andre Daniel, Sach Moore, Tom Cross, the late Vic Brewster,Sir Don, Adrian Agard, Ronnie D, Dereck Wilkie, Stephen Luben, Alf Padmore and many others.