Joyce Auguste

Denise Joyce Auguste (1944–2020) was a Saint Lucian musician and leader of The Hewanorra Voices, which became a major popular folk band in the 1970s.

Auguste also worked as music supervisor for the Saint Lucian school system and introduced folk music into the school curriculum. In 1978, her photograph received the honor of being included on the ten cent stamp of Saint Lucia. In 1988, she became a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, later being given the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 2017.