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Grandpa wins hearts as he dances with pompoms for granddaughter

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Grandpa wins hearts as dances with pom poms for granddaughter
Chelsey Lester
ByNicole Pelletiere
April 01, 2019, 9:09 PM

A grandfather performing the "Chicken Dance" with his granddaughter is the sweetest thing you'll see today.

McKinly Lester, 5 and her "papaw" Jeff Harville, 55, were captured on camera as they danced this month at an event at Gap Creek Missionary Baptist Church in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee.

McKinly 's mom Chelsey Lester, posted the adorable video on Facebook where it was viewed by thousands and picked up by local news outlets.

McKinly Lester, 5 and her "papaw" Jeff Harville, 55, were captured on camera as they danced this month at Gap Creek Missionary Baptist Church in Tennessee.
Chelsey Lester

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"He thinks it's hilarious, he can't believe it's gone this far," Lester told "Good Morning America" of her father, Harville. "If you know my dad he would never do anything like this. He is a big guy who's a teddy bear inside."

Lester said the church event had 200 people in attendance, but that didn't stop Harville from picking up a pair of pompoms and joining McKinly.

McKinly Lester, 5 and her "papaw" Jeff Harville, 55, were captured on camera as they danced to the "Chicken Dance" together at Gap Creek Missionary Baptist Church in Tennessee.
Chelsey Lester

"She has him wrapped around her finger," Lester said.

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