Sara Douga

Sara Douga

Throughout these work assignments Douga continued to write songs and perform locally. In 2011 she won the Texaco Country Showdown representing KIX 96 KYKZ in Lake Charles, Louisiana. From there she began sitting in with traditional Cajun bands in Louisiana. In 2018, Sara won the South Louisiana Songwriters Festival & Workshop (SOLO) scholarship sponsored by the CREATE initiative, the Buddy Holly Foundation Educational Foundation and BMG Music.

In 2018 Douga self-released her rookie record Boots, Bras, and Drawers.While she had written most of this record in high school and college but the music held the test of time and was quickly recognized by Country Music People Magazine.

Whispering Bob Harris showed his support of the album by playing six of the 12 tracks on his weekly radio show on BBC Radio 2 He put Douga's song "We're Just Dancin' " on his Bob Harris County playlist June 14, 2018, her song "Spill This Bottle" on July 12, 2018, "A Cowboy Like You" on July 19, 2018, and again played "We're Just Dancin'" on October 11, 2018.On October 26, 2018 Bob Harris introduced Sara Douga and other acts at Bush Hall in Country to Country's Country Music Week in London. This was the first time Douga had performed on stage in London, and she followed up the performance with another at The Ned in an Under the Apple Tree Live event.

Douga opened for Dylan LeBlanc in the 2019 Greetings From Levy Park annual concert in Crowley, Louisiana. Sara frequently collaborates with Jim Lauderdale who has recorded four of his and Sara's co-written songs. Most recently, Douga co-wrote the song "I'm Here to Remind You" in his 2020 album When Carolina Comes Home Again.She was invited by Jim Lauderdale to make her debut guest appearance on The Grand Ole Opry stage in 2019.