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STRICTLY

COME

DANCING

BUS POKER!

EPICNIGHTSOUT! AJ and Saffron

DRAWINGONFACES!

HEAT GOES

ON TOUR
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WITH STRI

What happens on tour stays on tour, eh?

t’sacrispandquietdayaswe Not if we’ve got anything to do with it…
makeourwaydownaleafy
streetinnorthLondon,heading
Ifor Cecil Sharpe House – an old themainhall,plottingtheirvision–led “I’mraringtogo,”saysSaffronBarker,
Victorian manor with creaking floors bytourdirectorandStrictlyjudgeCraig who’sjustspentthemorninglearning
and imposing high ceilings. And, as RevelHorwood.Yes,heat’smadeitto oneofthebiggroupnumbers–aslight
heat approaches the entrance, the faint the inner sanctum of Strictly: The Live shock to the system after her recent
sound of Ray Parker Jr’s Ghostbusters Tour, where rehearsals for the 33-show, Caribbean holiday. “It’s been a nice
is emanating from inside. four-week spectacular are in full swing. break, but I feel like it’s been too much
As we walk in, Kelvin Fletcher Obviously, it’s FAB-U-LOUS. time off. I was dancing in every situation
is catching up with Johannes I could over Christmas,
Radebe, while Alex Scott and on New Year’s Eve,
hurries past, gym bag in hand. I was doing the cha-cha
AJ Pritchard is pacing in the with a random person in
corner, engrossed in his phone, Barbados.” Her pro partner
while Katya Jones is tinkering AJ nods approvingly. “I’m
on the piano upstairs. Nextdoor, proud of you,” he says, before
an audience of producersline whisking her off to hone
heat’s Charlotte
with Alex Scott
and Neil Jones

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