The South Point Mall in Durham is the largest mall east of the Mississippi River. And one of the mall's greatest attractions used to be the local street performers that often populated the outside portion of the mall. Yet recently, since the mall came under new management the street performers were canceled. This meant that the South Point faithfuls would no longer get to enjoy Juggle Boy, the magic kid, or my personal favorite and good friend Gary Mitchell, musician."With a background in percussion, piano and guitar, Gary graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill, a man with a mission. Yet another local musician fed up with the low quality and horrendously immoral message of popular music, Gary strives to create and perform great music, played very well, that celebrates life and points people to their loving Creator in a way that makes you groove and sing along."
Gary has been a church worship leader, youth minister, and he voluntarily leads a Bible study at one of Chapel Hill's local high schools. He regularly plays gigs around the Triangle area and has recently put out a new demo, Enough for Me, which I bought as soon as it came available. It's awesome. You can find it at CDbaby.com.
This is one inspirational dude.
The good news is that the project manager at South Point Mall is currently working on a contract to get the street performers back out doing what they do best.
Hopefully this will happen soon. The place just isn't the same without Juggle Boy, who is always sweating profusely from juggling anything from swords, fire sticks, or 7 balls at once while doing a balancing act. Don't forget the young kid who does magic tricks: he looks to be about 11 years old from my perspective and mostly entertains other youngsters, yet is doing a great job and keeping the streets fun. It's also not the same without ol'e Gary who keeps the groove alive with a twist of what I like to call "spiritual funk."
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