MRS Botswana, Rock Solid Families celebrate marriage
Monday, February 21, 2022 | 600 Views |
Tshepiso and Mike Montsho PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
This comes after The World Marriages Day that celebrates marriages globally on February 13. The celebration could have not come at a perfect time since February is regarded as the month of love. The event was the first of its kind in Botswana and a very welcome move for married people to celebrate their union and re-ignite the spark between them.
At the event, MisTI Bleq and her husband Mike Bleq whose real names are Tshepiso Montsho and Mike Montsho, consecutively inspired the audience with their love story. The pair are ballroom dancers and together own a dance company. They started off as dance partners then later decided to date and got married. They have now been married for seven years and had been dance partners for 11 years. "We own a dance school that also offers dance classes for couples. It welcomes all even if you don't know how to dance it is okay, we will teach you. We encourage married couples to dance together. Amongst our dance programmes we have a Dance Date Night designed to promote marriage.
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