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>> FESTIVITIES CELEBRATING THE
PRESIDENT'S SECOND INAUGURATION
ALREADY UNDERWAY HERE IN THE
NATION'S CAPITAL.
THAT WAS LAST TIME AROUND.
THERE MAY NOT BE AS MANY
OFFICIAL PARTIES AS FOUR YEARS
AGO BUT REST ASSURED, THE
CELEBRATIONS ARE OUT THERE AND
THEY LIKELY WILL NOT DISAPPOINT.
AS I FOUND OUT FIRSTHAND WHEN WE
WENT BEHIND THE SCENES AT ONE OF
THE MOST POPULAR INAUGURAL BALLS
IN TOWN.
>>> THIS YEAR'S INAUGURATION MAY
BE A BIT MORE SUBDUED BUT DON'T
TELL THAT TO THE FOLKS IN CHARGE
OF THE TEXAS STATE SOCIETY'S
BLACK TIE AND BOOTS BALL.
>> EVERYTHING HAS BEEN IN TUXES.
WHEN YOU HAVE 12-FOOT TALL
COWBOY BOOTS AND ARRANGEMENTS AS
BIG AS VOLKSWAGENS, WE ARE THE
COMPANY TO CALL.
>> Reporter: THE 6,000 GUESTS IS
THE EQUIVALENT OF ALMOST 4,000
FOOTBALL FIELDS.
>> Reporter: THIS IS ONE OF THE
HORS D'OEUVRES.
84,000 APPETIZERS.
>> IT IS OUR ONION GOAT CHEESE
TART, THE PORK SHOULDERS THERE.
WE MARINADE IT OVERNIGHT.
>> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU
MARINADE IT IN?
I SEE TEQUILA.
>> WE DO MARINADE IN TEQUILA.
TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF SALSA.
>> Reporter: CAPPING OFF THE
DESSERTS ***'S GOO-GOO
SOMORES.
>> Reporter: THE TEXAS-SIZE
PARTY HAS TAKEN NEARLY TWO YEARS
TO PLAN.
WHAT ARE YOU MOST EXCITED ABOUT?
>> SEEING EVERYTHING COME
TOGETHER.
WATCHING THE GUEST FACES WHEN
THEY SEE THE BIG COWBOY BEATS
AND PHOTOS.
>> Reporter: IT IS JUST ONE OF
50 INAUGURAL PARTIES THIS
WEEKEND.
ARE THOSE THE BEST PARTIES?
>> I THINK SO.
>> Reporter: WHAT MAKES THOSE
THE BETTER.
>>> IT IS AN OPEN BAR, NOT CASH
BAR.
>> Reporter: ANDRE WELLS IS IN
CHARGE OF EIGHT EVENTS.
HE OVERSAW 22 OF THEM BACK IN
2009, INCLUDING THE B.E.T. WALL.
THERE ARE JUST TWO OFFICIAL
INAUGURAL BALLS THIS TIME
AROUND.
SINCE DWIGHT EISENHOWER WAS
SWORN IN 60 YEARS AGO, COMPARED
TO PRESIDENT CLINTON'S SECOND
INAUGURATION WHERE HE ZIPPED
THROUGH A DIZZYING 14 BALLS IN
1997.
ABOUT 40,000 PEOPLE WILL
CELEBRATE WITH THE PRESIDENT AT
THOSE OFFICIAL EVENTS.
FOR THE REST OF US, ON TO THE
UNOFFICIAL PARTIES.
JUST TAKE A CUE FROM TEXAS --
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> Reporter: AFTER 48 HOURS OF
HARD WORK, THE TEXAS BLACK TIE
AND BOOTS BAR WAS IN FULL SWING
SATURDAY NIGHT.
THE BULL ROOM IS COMPLETELY
TRANSFORMED FROM OUR FIRST
VISIT.
>> AS YOU WALK IN, THE $1
MILLION SHOT.
>> Reporter: A LOT OF TEXANS.
>> A LOT OF TEXANS HERE.
>> Reporter: WAS IT ALL WORTH
IT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> Reporter: THROUGHOUT THE
NIGHT, GUESTS HOSTED IN BIG
TEXAS STYLE WITH 5,000 GLASSES
OF WINE, 13,000 COCKTAILS AND
MORE THAN 14,000 BOTTLES OF
BEERS.
WITH PLENTY OF BIG HATS, A BIG
NAME AND BIG KICKS, THIS
INAUGURAL BASH PROVED, YOU DON'T
MESS WITH TEXAS.
♪♪♪♪
♪♪ DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS ♪♪
>> IT WAS A GOOD TIME.
I HAD TO LEAVE EARLY.
>> WERE YOU IN THE BACK ON THAT
LAST ONE?
>> I ACTUALLY COE RIO GRAPHED
THAT NUMBER FOR THEM.
IN MY COWBOY BOOTS.
>> THERE WERE TWO OFFICIAL PARTY
SNS.
>> THERE WERE TEN LAST TIME
AROUND.
TWO OFFICIAL ONES WHICH MEANS
THE PRESIDENT WILL MAKE AN
APPEARANCE AT THEM.
THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF BALL AND
THE OFFICIAL INAUGURAL BALL AND
ALL THOSE OTHER PARTIES.
ONE OF THEM WAS THE KIDS
INAUGURAL.
THIS WAS HOSTED BY THE FIRST
LADY AND DR. JOE BIDEN AND SASHA
AND MALIA.
IT WAS AN ALL-STAR EVENT FOR
MILITARY FAMILIES AND THE KIDS.
NICK CANNON WAS THE MC, R&B
SINGER, USHER, GOT THE PARTY
STARTED.
KATY PERRY.
HER SONG, FIRE WORK, IS ON
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S INAUGURATION
PLAY LIST.
MEMBERS OF THE CAST OF "GLEE"
SANG FOR THE CROWD.
STAR-STUDDED PARTY.
HUNDREDS OF KIDS.
POLICE OBAMA USED THE EVENT TO
TAKE A MINUTE TO PRAISE MILITARY
FAMILIES.
>> WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHO WE
ARE, WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHAT
MAKES AMERICA GREAT, I THINK
ABOUT ALL OF YOU, OUR MEN AND
WOMEN IN UNIFORM, OUR MILITARY
SPOUSES AND OUR AMAZING MILITARY
KIDS.
>> THERE IS AN INAUGURATION PLAY
LIST.
>> THAT'S COOL.
>> I'M GOING TO SEND IT TO YOU.
WHAT'S ON THE PRESIDENT'S iPOD?
>> IT IS GREAT.
IT IS OFFICIAL.
I LOVE THE BANGS.
>> I GIVE THEM TWO THUMBS UP.
>> WHAT TIME DID I GET HOME?
:15.
YOU WERE A GOOD TWO HOURS INTO