If Rassie Did the First Dance
Thabo and Anika wanted a slow waltz. Rassie gave them forty seconds of waltz and a four-second set piece.
Panel 1. Friday. Rehearsal.
- Rassie: The waltz is forty seconds. The lift is four. The four seconds win the wedding.
Panel 2. Saturday. 19:30. The first dance.
- Tannie Marietjie: Nobody told me there was a lift!
Panel 3. - Thabo: Coach, why did nobody tell ME about the lift?
- Rassie: You were the decoy runner. Decoys don’t get told.
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Panel 1
In an empty wedding hall strung with fairy lights, Rassie stands between two Bomb Squad forwards on marks taped to the floor while Thabo and Anika wait.
Caption: Friday. Rehearsal.
Rassie: The waltz is forty seconds. The lift is four. The four seconds win the wedding.
Panel 2
During the first dance two Bomb Squad forwards lift Anika high above the dance floor while guests gasp and Tannie Marietjie films on her phone, crying.
Caption: Saturday. 19:30. The first dance.
Tannie Marietjie: Nobody told me there was a lift!
Panel 3
At the edge of the dance floor Thabo, in a blazer and his beanie, turns to Rassie, who stands calmly beside him.
Thabo: Coach, why did nobody tell ME about the lift?
Rassie: You were the decoy runner. Decoys don’t get told.
