Governor named Jesse ("The Body") Ventura, and all week Minnesotans were feeling sort of giddy about it, like Lutherans who've drunk a little more than we meant to and now here we are singing Alley Oop and dancing on the sofa.

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"I hope that we all live alongside each other by dancing and singing because this is what will last, " Rita said in her Norouz message.

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"We try to encourage our contestants to do something - like ballroom dancing or singing, " she added.

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