The program begins in the Western third of the state, including the Hills and the Butte Country to the north. Then it jumps across the state to glide up the Missouri River valley. SOARING skims the James River Valley in the North Central; wings over the Northeast; zooms down the Big Sioux River Valley to the Southeast and South; and jumps again, this time to the Pine Ridge country, circling north for a dramatic finish in the Badlands.

The dynamic SDPB TV production glides along with an original score by Tom Larson, a teacher at the University of Nebraska, whose moving music has been used for several national and area productions.

As SOARING SOUTH DAKOTA closes in the desolate Badlands, it takes wing with another composer À Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart À and features a surprise performance by the Black Hills Symphony String Quartet.

This  videocassette contains 15 minutes of additional footage.