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TEAMING UP FOR THE SEASONAL ‘STRICTLY’ SPECIAL NEIL JONES AND TILLIE AMARTEY JIVE INTO CHRISTMAS WITH HELP FROM A CUTE LITTLE LADY

When actress Tillie Amartey teamed up with professional dancer Neil Jones to take part in the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Day special, their partnership became a full-blown family affair as Neil’s 11-week-old daughter Havana got in on the act.

“We’ve realised Havana can only settle down to sleep if we do our jive while holding her,” says Tillie as the pair tell us about their training sessions for the dance spectacular, which sees the duo transform into Santa’s little helpers for a festive jive.

“She could probably grace the ballroom and do it herself at this point,” jokes the 20-year-old.

“Any other dance and she’d cry, but when I held Havana and

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