Adam and Maria, La Vierge, Hemel & Aarde Valley. What happens when a Portuguese family and an Afrikaans family come together for a wedding? You get one heck of a party, that’s what happens. You also get an MC called Bakkies thrown into the mix for free. And everyone I know will tell you that most guys who go by the name Bakkies are either big and strong, or are big and strong rugby players. Our Bakkies falls into the latter category. So if a Bakkies likes you, he’ll protect you and run through a brick wall for you. If he doesn’t like you, he’ll kill you and get on with his life. You of course will just be dead. Which is not ideal. Thankfully, our Bakkies was a good guy – an MC with the heart of a lion. Wedding receptions can be difficult things to control at the best of times, but when our Bakkies stood up to speak, the people obeyed instantly. It was actually quite funny to watch. ‘Right, we’re going to do this!’ bellowed Bakkies – and this happened. ‘Okay, we’re going to do that!’ boomed Bakkies – and that happened. Marvellous stuff! As was the spirit in general. Maria is such a soft, gently spoken girl. For me, she was cool, calm and collected throughout – a perfect bride. Adam on the other humanrightsfilmnetwork.org/propecia hand was seriously uptight. No actually he was just as cool and calm – completely unassuming and just went with things, making my day an absolute pleasure. But as laid back as they were for most of the day, when it came time to dance, boy did they ever let it all go. They’re complete maniacs on the dance floor. Like psycho. Plus, they’re darned good at dancing. They didn’t exactly hold back, leading from the front in what became a flat-out dance extravaganza. I don’t know, maybe Bakkies had said to them beforehand: ‘When I say dance, you’re going to say, how kwaai?’ Either way, I was being knocked left, right and centre on that dance floor. Brilliant stuff, just brilliant. Oh, one other thing. Adam, I forgot to tell you on your wedding day, if you want to make some good loot, record a voice-over demo. You have a voice that’s made for radio commercials – do it! Retire early.
