>> THIS IS A PRODUCTION OF SOUTH DAKOTA PUBLIC BROADCASTING.

♪♪ >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO SOUTH DAKOTA PUBLIC BROADCASTING'S LIVE SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE 2023 INAUGURAL BALL AND GRAND MARCH.

WE'RE LIVE FROM THE CAPITOL ROTUNDA IN PIERRE.

MY NAME'S JACKIE HENDRY, I'M JOINED AGAIN TODAY BY SDPB'S LARRY ROHRER.

>> THANKS, JACKIE, YOU LOOK GREAT.

>> THANKS, SO DO YOU.

WE CLEAN UP ALL RIGHT.

>> YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FUN PART OF THIS EVENT.

>> YEAH.

>> I MEAN, IT'S EVERY PROM, IT'S EVERY BIG DANCE YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO.

IT'S REALLY WELL ORGANIZED AND FUN.

BUT EVERYONE LOOKS -- THEY'RE DRESSED UP, THEY'RE TUXEDOS, IT'S A FUN PLACE TO BE BECAUSE EVERYBODY LOOKS GOOD AND THEY'RE HAVING A GOOD TIME.

>> YUP.

WE HAD THE CEREMONY EARLIER TODAY WITH THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR GOVERNOR NOEM AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS OF SOUTH DAKOTA AND NOW IS THE FUN, THE CELEBRATION, THE POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE.

SOME MORE TRUMPET FANFARE, SO WE'RE GOING TO WELCOME, WE'RE GOING TO MEET SOME OF THE FOLKS IN THE INAUGURAL COMMITTEE THAT ORGANIZED THIS EVENT AND THEN WE'LL ANNOUNCE AND MEET AND LEARN MORE ABOUT SOME MORE OF THE DISTINGUISHED GUESTS THIS EVENING.

AND THEN FROM THERE, THE PARTY REALLY GETS STARTED.

>> YEAH, YEAH.

AND SOME PEOPLE WILL GO DOWN, SOME PEOPLE TAKE A BUS RIDE DOWN TO THE RAMKOTA AND A SECOND INAUGURAL BALL TAKES PLACE DOWN AT THE RAMKOTA ON THROUGH THE EVENING.

FOLLOWING THE SWEARING-IN, OUR BROADCAST EARLIER TODAY, THERE WAS A RECEPTION LINE TO MEET THE GOVERNOR AND FIRST GENTLEMAN, AND MANY OF THE DIGNITARIES.

AND THEN SOME OF THE OTHER CABINET HOLDERS THAT WERE SWORN IN WERE ALSO IN LINE.

A CHANCE TO MINGLE, A CHANCE TO GET YOUR BEST GOWN AND SUIT ON AND BE BACK HERE.

NOW, THE GROUP OVER FORTE, A GROUP OF MUSICIANS THAT GATHER HERE IN PIERRE, ARE PLAYING THE MUSIC THAT YOU'LL HEAR AND ENJOY HERE AT THE CAPITOL TONIGHT.

IT'S A GROUP THAT THIS IS THEIR SEVENTH INAUGURAL BALL AND THERE'S A TRUMPET FANFARE THAT WILL INTRODUCE EACH COUPLE.

JACKIE AND I ARE KIND OF LISTENING ALONG FOR THAT RIGHT NOW.

THAT SIGNALS THAT THINGS ARE READY TO GET UNDERWAY.

>> YUP.

AND THIS IS ALMOST THE UNOFFICIAL START, AN INAUGURAL YEARS OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, SORT OF, WE'RE GETTING READY IN THE COMING WEEKS, THE TRUE BEGINNING OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION FOR 2023 LAUNCHES ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON, WITH THE GOVERNOR'S STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS.

WE WILL CARRY LIVE COVERAGE OF THAT SPEECH AS WELL.

THAT'S COMING TUESDAY, JANUARY 10th AT 1:00 CENTRAL/NOON MOUNTAIN.

YOU'LL BE ABLE TO WATCH THAT LIVE ON SDPB TV.

SDPB RADIO, YouTube, SDPB NEWS, FACEBOOK PAGES AND THAT IS A CHANCE FOR THE GOVERNOR TO OUTLINE, WE HEARD HER BUDGET ADDRESS IN DECEMBER, THAT IS THEN A CHANCE ADDITIONALLY FOR THE GOVERNOR TO REFLECT MORE BEYOND SIMPLY THE FINANCES AND HER FINANCIAL GOALS FOR THE STATE ON TO OTHER LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND WE'LL GET TO HEAR MORE FROM LAWMAKERS THEN.

>> WE'RE READY TO GO!

>> IT SURSOUNDS LIKE IT.

>> YEAH, ALL WE NEED IS A TRUMPET FANFARE, WE'LL MEET THE MAYOR, EVERYBODY ELSE WHO WAS SWORN IN TODAY.

THIS IS FUN.

STAY WITH US.

>> WELCOME TO THE 56TH INAUGURAL CELEBRATION AND THE CAPITOL BALL.

ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE EVENING IS OVER FORTE.

THEY HAVEN'T DONE FIVE, THEY HAVEN'T DONE SIX.

THIS IS THEIR SEVENTH INAUGURAL PERFORMANCE.

THIS FABULOUS BAND IS COMPRISED WITH MUSICIANS FROM THE PIERRE AREA.

NOW, IF WE MAY HAVE YOUR COMPLETE ATTENTION.

PLEASE RISE, THOSE THAT AREN'T, BUT GIVE US YOUR ATTENTION, AS WE RECOGNIZE THE SOUTH DAKOTA NATIONAL GUARD, THE COLOR GUARD, AS THEY POST OUR COLORS.

>> COLOR GUARD.

ATTENTION!

COLOR GUARD, MARCH.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE WELCOME SARAH CARLSON AS SHE PERFORMS OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM.

♪ OH, SAY, CAN YOU SEE BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAIL'D AT THE TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING WHOSE BROAD STRIPES AND BRIGHT STARS THRO' THE PERILOUS FIGHT O'ER THE RAMPARTS WE WATCH'D WERE SO GALLANTLY STREAMING AND THE ROCKETS' RED GLARE THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR GAVE PROOF THRO' THE NIGHT THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE O SAY, DOES THAT STAR-SPANGLED BANNER YET WAVE O'ER THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE ♪ [ Applause ] >> THANK YOU, SARAH.

THAT INDEED WAS BEAUTIFUL.

NOW IT IS TIME TO BEGIN OUR CAPITOL GRAND MARCH FROM OUR GRAND STAIRCASE.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN... LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE GOING TO START THE GRAND MARCH.

ARE YOU READY?

[ Cheers and applause ] THE HONORABLE MAYOR OF PIERRE, STEVE HARDING, AND MONICA HARDING.

[ TRUMPET FANFARE ] >> STEVE HARDING WAS BORN AND RAISED IN PIERRE.

HE WAS ELECTED MAYOR IN 2017.

HE SERVED AS A PIERRE CITY COMMISSIONER FOR NINE YEARS.

THE OFFICE OF MAYOR IN PIERRE AS A -- IS A PART-TIME POSITION.

SO HARDING HAS A FULL-TIME JOB AS DEPUTY OF THE SOUTH DAKOTA MILITARY.

S HE'S A GRADUATE OF THE U.S. GENERAL COMMAND STAFF.

MAYOR STEVE HARDING.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN...

THE HONORABLE GARY HANSON, COMMISSIONER OF THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, AND SANDY HANSON.

[ TRUMPET FANFARE ] >> GARY HANSON IS A SIOUX FALLS NATIVE, HAS BEEN SERVING AS A P.U.C.

COMMISSIONER SINCE 2002.

HE SERVED AS PUC CHAIRMAN AND IN OTHER REGIONAL LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, INCLUDING ON GOVERNOR ROUNDS' TASK FORCE.

HANSON SERVED THREE TERMS IN THE STATE SENATE AND TWO TERMS AS MAYOR OF SIOUX FALLS.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN...

THE HONORABLE KRISTIE FIEGEN, VICE CHAIRPERSON OF THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, AND TIM FIEGEN.

[ TRUMPET FANFARE ] >> KRISTIE FIEGEN WAS APPOINTED TO THE PUC IN 2011, ELECTED AGAIN IN 2018.

SHE GREW UP ON HER FAMILY FARM NEAR CHANCELLOR, IS A GRADUATE OF PARKER HIGH SCHOOL, SDSU, IS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL REGULATORY COMMITTEE ON GAS AND PIPELINE SAFETY.

PRIOR TO JOINING THE PUC, SHE WAS PRESIDENT OF JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUTH DAKOTA AND MANAGER OF THE NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY.

KRISTIE AND HER HUSBAND, TIM, LIVE IN SIOUX FALLS.

KRISTIE FIEGEN.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN... [ TRUMPET FANFARE ] THE HONORABLE CHRIS NELSON, CHAIRMAN OF THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, AND PENNY NELSON.

>> CHRIS NELSON WAS APPOINTED TO THE PUC IN 2011 BY GOVERNOR DENNIS DUE GARD TO FILL A VACANCY WAS MOST HE RECENTLY RE-ELECTED LAST FALL.

HE'S A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGULATORY UTILITY COMMISSIONERS AND IS ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE NATIONAL REGULATORY RESEARCH INSTITUTE.

PRIOR TO JOINING THE PUC, NELSON WAS STATE ELECTION SUPERVISOR FOR 13 YEARS AND WAS TWICE ELECTED SECRETARY OF STATE.

NELSON IS ACTIVE IN HIS CHURCH, ENJOYS HUNTING, MAINTAINS A PART-TIME CATTLE OPERATION.

DAUGAARD.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN... [ TRUMPET FANFARE ] THE HONORABLE BROCK GREENFIELD, COMMISSIONER OF SCHOOL AND PUBLIC LANDS, AND KELLI GREENFIELD.

>> BROCK GREENFIELD IS A SOUTH DAKOTA NATIVE.

HE'S THE INCOMING COMMISSIONER OF SCHOOL AND PUBLIC LANDS, FOR THE LAST SEVEN HOURS OR SO.

HE SERVED 22 YEARS IN THE STATEHOUSE AND SENATE, 12 OF THOSE ON THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.

COMMISSIONER OF SCHOOL AND PUBLIC LANDS OVERSEES ALL LANDS HELD IN TRUST FOR THE STATE.

THE OFFICE MANAGES THESE LANDS AND THE MONEY THEY GENERATE FROM OIL AND, MINERAL AND GAS LEASES.

THE INTEREST ON LAND SALES.

BROCK AND KELLEY GREEN -- KELLIE GREENFIELD.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN... [ TRUMPET FANFARE ] THE HONORABLE JOSH HAEDER, STATE TREASURER, AND AMANDA HAEDER.

>> JOSH HAEDER WAS ELECTED IN 2018, AS SOUTH DAKOTA'S 33rd STATE TREASURER.

HE'S A HURON NATIVE AND WAS INVOLVED WITH THE PROPERTY INVESTMENT COMPANY THERE.

ALSO SERVED ON SENATOR MIKE ROUNDS' STAFF IN SOUTH DAKOTA.

HAEDER HAS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN PUBLIC SAFETY MANAGEMENT AND A MASTER'S IN INTELLIGENCE AND GLOBAL SECURITY.

IN HIS SPARE TIME HE ANNOUNCES LOCAL SPORTING EVENTS, ENJOYS MIXED MARTIAL ARTS, HUNTING, FISHING AND TWINS BASEBALL.

JOSH AND AMANDA HAEDER.

>> AND NOT EVERYBODY -- NOT JUST ANYBODY CAN WEAR A JACKET LIKE THAT.

>> OR THOSE SHOES.

>> YEAH, YEAH, GREAT OUTFIT.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN... [ TRUMPET FANFARE ] THE HONORABLE RICH SATTGAST, STATE AUDITOR, AND PENNY SATTGAST.

>> RICH SATTGAST IS A GRADUATE OF SPEARFISH HIGH SCHOOL.

HE HAS DEGREES IN POLITICAL SCIENCE AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY.

HE SPENT OVER 20 YEARS IN THE MILITARY AS PART OF THE OCCUPATION FORCES IN BERLIN IN THE '80s, DESERT STORM IN THE '90s AND WITH THE NATIONAL GUARD IN SOUTH DAKOTA.

HE WAS ELECTED STATE AUDITOR IN 2002, STATE TREASURER IN 1020.

SAYS HE'S PROUD ONCE AGAINST TO SERVE THE STATE AS AUDITOR.

2010.

RICH SATTGAST AND HIS WIFE, PENNY.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN... [ TRUMPET FANFARE ] THE HONORABLE MARTY JACKLEY, ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND ISABELLA JACKLEY.

>> JACKLEY WAS RAISED IN STURGIS AND GRADUATED FROM THE SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY.

HE RECEIVED HIS LAW DEGREE FROM THE USD SCHOOL OF LAW AND AFTER SERVING IN PRIVATE PRACTICE HE WAS CONFIRMED AS U.S. ATTORNEY OF SOUTH DAKOTA.

IN 2009ers APPOINTED ATTORNEY GENERAL BY GOVERNOR ROUNDS.

HE WON ELECTIONS IN 2010, 2014.

DURING THAT TENURE, HE ARGUED BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT ON THE SOUTH DAKOTA V. WAYFARE CASE THAT NOW PROVIDES SALES TAX REVENUE FOR STATES FOR ONLINE PURCHASES.

HE RAN FOR GOVERNOR IN 2018 AND HAS RETURNED TO THE OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN... [ TRUMPET FANFARE ] THE HONORABLE MONAE JOHNSON, SECRETARY OF STATE, AND SHAWNTAY JOHNSON.

>> MONAE JOHNSON WORKED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EIGHT YEARS, THAT WAS PRIOR TO HER ELECTION LAST NOVEMBER.

BORN IN BROOKINGS, RAISED IN RAPID CITY AND HAS LIVED AND WORKED IN PIERRE.

SHE'S A STATE TRAP SHOOTING CHAMPION.

SHE'S SERVED IN MANY LOCAL CIVIC GROUPS AND WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING SOUTH DAKOTA AREA OF AGLOW INTERNATIONAL AND SHE'S A LIFE MEMBER OF THE VFW AUCTION LAWYER POST 1273 IN RAPID CITY.

IT'S MONDAY NAE AND SHAWNTAY JOHNSON.

MONAE AND SHAWNTAY JOHNSON.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN... [ TRUMPET FANFARE ] THE HONORABLE SCOTT MYREN, JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT, AND VIRGINIA TREXLER-MYREN.

>> JUSTICE MYREN WAS SWORN IN TWO YEARS AGO AND REPRESENTS THE FIFTH SUPREME COURT.

JUSTICE MYREN GREW UP ON HIS FAMILY FARM IN CAMPBELL COUNTY, GRADUATED FROM MOBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL.

HE RECEIVED HIS BACHELOR DEGREE FROM USD AND HIS JURIS DOCTORATE FROM RUTGERS UNIVERSITY.

IN 2003 HE WAS APPOINTED AS A CIRCUIT JUDGE FOR THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.

HE SERVED ON NUMEROUS COMMITTEES, INCLUDING THE COURT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND JUVENILE DETENTION ALTERNATIVE INITIATIVE.

JUSTICE SCOTT AND HIS WIFE, Dr. VIRGINIA TREXLER MYREN.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN... [ TRUMPET FANFARE ] THE HONORABLE PATRICIA DEVANEY, JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT, AND FRED DEVANEY.

SUPREME COURT JUSTICE DeVANEY -- >> JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT.

AND FREDDIE VEIN KNEE.

>> JUSTICE DeVANEY WAS APPOINTED TO THE COURTED'S THIRD DISTRICT.

RECEIVED HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM USD AND JURIS DOCTORATE DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL.

JUSTICE DeVANEY BEGAN HER CAREER AS AN ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL IN SOUTH DAKOTA.

SHE WAS APPOINTED AS A CIRCUIT JUDGE IN 2012.

SHE SERVES AS VICE CHAIR OF THE SUPREME COURT'S COURTHOUSE SECURITY COMMITTEE.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN... [ TRUMPET FANFARE ] THE HONORABLE MARK SALTER, JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT, AND SUE SALTER.

>> JUSTICE SALTER BECAME A MEMBER OF THE SUPREME COURT IN 2018.

HE RECEIVED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM SDSU AND HIS JURIS DOCTORATE DEGREE FROM THE USD SCHOOL OF LAW.

HE SERVED ON ACTIVE DUTY IN THE U.S. NAVY UNTIL 1997 AND LATER IN THE NAVAL RESERVE.

JUSTICE SALTER SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY FOR SOUTH DAKOTA AND WAS APPOINTED TO CIRCUIT JUDGE IN 2013.

HE ALSO SERVES AS AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR AT THE USD SCHOOL OF LAW.

SUPREME COURT JUSTICE MARK SALTER AND HIS WIFE, SUE SALTER.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN... [ TRUMPET FANFARE ] THE HONORABLE JANINE KERN, JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT, AND GREG BIEGLER.

>> JUSTICE KERN WAS APPOINTED TO THE STATE SUPREME COURT IN 2014.

SHE RECEIVED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY AND HER JURIS DOCTORATE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA SCHOOL OF LAW.

JUSTICE KERN WORKED IN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE UNTIL SHE WAS APPOINTED A CIRCUIT JUDGE IN 1996.

SHE SERVED ON THE COUNCIL OF JUVENILE SERVICES AND ON THE FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON JUVENILE JUSTICE.

JUSTICE KERN AND HER HUSBAND, GREG BIEGLER, MAKE THEIR HOME IN THE BEAUTIFUL BLACK HILLS.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN... [ TRUMPET FANFARE ] THE HONORABLE STEVEN JENSEN, CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT, AND SUE JENSEN.

>> CHIEF JUSTICE JENSEN WAS APPOINTED TO THE SUPREME COURT IN 2017 AND WAS SELECTED BY HIS COLLEAGUES ON THE COURT TO SERVE AS CHIEF JUSTICE A YEAR AGO.

HE GREW UP ON A FARM NEAR WAKONDA, RECEIVED HIS UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE BETHEL UNIVERSITY IN St. PAUL AND HIS JURIS DOCTORATE FROM THE USD SCHOOL OF LAW.

HE WAS APPOINTED PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT IN 2011.

HE ALSO SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH DAKOTA JUDGES ASSOCIATION.

CHIEF JUSTICE STEVEN JENSEN AND HIS WIFE, SUE.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN... [ TRUMPET FANFARE ] ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE THE FAMILY OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR LARRY AND SANDY RHODEN.

TRISTEN RHODEN AND KALEN LEMMEL.

>> LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR LARRY RHODEN AND SANDY HAVE FOUR CHILDREN.

THIS IS THEIR FIRST SON, TRISTEN.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN... [ TRUMPET FANFARE ] REGGIE AND JENNIFER RHODEN.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN... [ TRUMPET FANFARE ] CODY AND LIZ RHODEN.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN... [ TRUMPET FANFARE ] JESSE RHODEN AND SARAH LEWIS.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN... [ TRUMPET FANFARE ] YES, HE IS, THE HONORABLE LARRY RHODEN, SOUTH DAKOTA LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, AND SANDY RHODEN.

>> LARRY RHODEN IS SOUTH DAKOTA'S 39th LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

ELECTED IN 2018, RE-ELECTED THIS PAST NOVEMBER.

HE'S A LIFE-LONG WEST RIVER RANCHER, SEVERS AS GOVERNOR NOEM'S AGRICULTURAL AMBASSADOR.

JOINED THE SOUTH DAKOTA NATIONAL GUARD AFTER GRADUATION, CARRYING ON THE FAMILY LEGACY OF MILITARY SERVICE SINCE THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.

IN 2000, RHODEN WAS ELECTED TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE, SERVED AS HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER, CHAIRED BOTH THE SENATE AND HOUSE STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AND SERVED AS INTERIM AG SECRETARY.

[ Cheers and applause ] >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN... [ TRUMPET FANFARE ] ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE THE FAMILY OF GOVERNOR KRISTI NOEM AND BRYON NOEM.

BOOKER NOEM.

>> BOOKER NOEM IS THE YOUNGEST OF GOVERNOR NOEM'S THREE CHILDREN.

AND ONLY SON.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN... [ TRUMPET FANFARE ] KENNEDY AND TANNER FRICK.

>> KENNEDY IS GOVERNOR NOEM'S MIDDLE CHILD, PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AS A POLICY ADVISOR.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN... [ TRUMPET FANFARE ] KASSIDY AND KYLE PETERS.

WITH MISS ADDIE.

>> KASSIDY IS GOVERNOR KRISTY NOEM'S OLDEST DAUGHTER.

SHE AND KYLE HAD LITTLE MISS ADDIE, THE GOVERNOR'S FIRST GRANDCHILD IN 2021 AND ANOTHER ON THE WAY.

>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN... [ TRUMPET FANFARE ] IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU, THE HONORABLE KRISTI NOEM, 33RD GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, AND BRYON NOEM, FIRST GENTLEMAN OF SOUTH DAKOTA.

[ Cheers and applause ] >> GOVERNOR KRISTI NOEM IS A RANCHER, FARMER, SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, AND AUTHOR OF THE BOOK "NOT MY FIRST RODEO, LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE HEARTLAND."

IN 2010, AFTER SERVING IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE FOR SEVERAL YEARS, NOEM WAS ELECTED TO SERVE AS SOUTH DAKOTA'S LOAN MEMBER OF THE U.S -- LONE MEMBER OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

IN 2018, SHE WAS ELECTED AS SOUTH DAKOTA'S FIRST FEMALE GOVERNOR AND RE-ELECTED IN NOVEMBER.

>> JOINING THE FIRST COUPLE ARE PARENTS, CORRINE ARNOLD, ALONG WITH AL AND SHARON NOEM.

[ Cheers and applause ] >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE GOVERNOR OF SOUTH DAKOTA, KRISTI NOEM, AND FIRST GENTLEMAN, BRYON, TO GRACE US WITH THE FIRST DANCE OF THE EVENING, "WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD."

[ "WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD" ] I SEE TREES OF GREEN RED ROSES TOO I SEE THEM BLOOM FOR ME AND YOU AND I THINK TO MYSELF WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD I SEE TREES OF GREEN RED ROSES TOO THE BRIGHT BLESSED DAY THE DARK SACRED NIGHT AND I THINK TO MYSELF WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I WOULD NOW LIKE TO INVITE THE FIRST COUPLE'S CHILDREN AND PARENTS TO JOIN THE GOVERNOR AND FIRST GENTLEMAN ON THE DANCE FLOOR.

♪ SAYING HOW DO YOU DO ♪ SAYING, I LOVE YOU ♪ I HEAR BABIES CRY ♪ THEY LEARN SO MUCH THAN I'LL EVER KNOW ♪ ♪ AND I THINK TO MYSELF, WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD ♪ >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'D LIKE TO INVITE OTHER DISTINGUISHED DIGNITARIES TO JOIN THE GOVERNOR AND FIRST GENTLEMAN ON THE FLOOR!

>> THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR SPECIAL COVERAGE OF THE 2023 INAUGURAL BALL AND GRAND MARCH.

I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR JOINING US.

LARRY, NOT TOO MUCH TO COMPLAIN ABOUT FOR A LITTLE POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE.

CAN'T COMPLAIN ABOUT GETTING TO COVER A PARTY EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.

>> YEAH.

EVERYBODY LOOKED GREAT.

THEY'VE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF FUN.

TAKING A LOT OF PICTURES.

SO YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF PICTURES, I'M SURE, ON FACEBOOK ACCOUNTS.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO DANCE HERE, I THINK, FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR SO AND THEN SLOWLY MIGRATE DOWN AND CONTINUE THE PARTY AT THE RAMKOTA DOWN BY THE RIVER, JUST ABOUT A HALF MILE AWAY.

>> YUP.

AFTER TONIGHT'S PARTY, NEXT WEEK IT'S DOWN TO BUSINESS.

ONCE AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE LIVE SPECIAL COVERAGE ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 10th, AT 1:00 CENTRAL,/NOON MOUNTAIN, GOVERNOR NOEM'S STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS, YOU CAN WATCH THAT HERE ON SDPB TV, LISTEN ON SDPB RADIO AND WATCH ON YouTube AND OUR SDPB NEWS FACEBOOK PAGE.

BUT I THINK UNTIL NEXT TIME, LARRY, IT'S BEEN A TREASURE COVERING THIS WITH YOU.

I WANT TO SAY THANKS TO YOU.

AND THANKS TO EVERYONE AT HOME WATCHING.

ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US AT SOUTH DAKOTA PUBLIC BROADCASTING, THANKS FOR WATCHING.

>> GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY.