{"id":1040,"date":"2024-08-26T17:16:28","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T17:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/sandhills-new\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=1040"},"modified":"2025-01-09T17:15:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T22:15:31","slug":"mitch-capel","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.esuus.org\/sandhills\/event\/mitch-capel\/","title":{"rendered":"Dinner with Mitch Capel – “Stories of the Heart\/Love & Laughter”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"Mitch Capel, who often performs as \u201cGran\u2019daddy Junebug,\u201d is a seasoned storyteller, recording artist, published author, and poet. Capel first began writing and performing skits at the age of 12, and has delighted audiences throughout the U.S. with his warmth, wit, and compelling storytelling style since 1985. Considered the \u201cnational interpreter\u201d of the poet laureate Paul Laurence Dunbar\u2019s work, Capel has been featured at venues across the country, including the DuSable Black History Museum, The Kennedy Center, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, and the Presidential Inauguration of Barack Obama.<\/span><\/h3>\n

Capel\u2019s hobbies include collecting the works of Paul Laurence Dunbar, writing, landscaping, and collecting art. He is also an avid golfer because he says it was a pre-requisite growing up in the Pinehurst\/Southern Pines area<\/span>…\u201cI love the challenge, the beauty, the tranquility and the camaraderie that golf offers. Besides, golf is a lot like storytelling in that it teaches us valuable life lessons.\u201d<\/i><\/span> He attended A&T State University in Greensboro, NC and Howard University in Washington, DC studying speech and theater but, more importantly, he is <\/span>\u201ca full time honors student at the University of Life\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/h3>\n <\/div>\n \n \n\n \n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n
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