FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO) – Details of the swearing-in ceremony for Sharon Tucker have been announced by the City of Fort Wayne.

Tucker will be sworn in as the 37th mayor of Fort Wayne on Tuesday, April 23rd. The city says the ceremony will take place at 11:30 a.m. at the Clyde Theatre on Bluffton Road.

The community is invited to attend the event. There will also be a streamed on www.facebook.com/cityoffortwayne for those who cannot attend.

Sharon Tucker, who up until Saturday, has served as a city councilwoman, was chosen by a caucus of Democratic Party precinct chairs throughout the city to succeed Henry as mayor. She was announced in her new capacity on Sunday.

She made sure to give props to the other Democratic candidates vying for the position.

“That is what Democrats do. We rally behind a hard task and we make sure that while we are on that journey we have fun,” she said in her acceptance speech. “You’ve entrusted in me a heavy job and it doesn’t weigh light on my shoulders. I know I have a lot of responsibility and I’m going to eed every single one of you!”

Tucker was selected by the caucus after two rounds of voting amongst 92 Democratic precinct chairs. She is the city’s first black and female mayor.

Tucker will serve the remained of Tom Henry’s term which ends in 2027. She was first elected to the Fort Wayne city council in 2014 and has served in that role ever since then until be elected mayor.