Sets are built, costumes are tweaked and lines for the 100 Mile Performing Arts Society production of Annie are embedded in the minds of the cast.
All that's left is for the curtain to go up in front of a live audience and that happens on Feb. 24 at Martin Exeter Hall.
Producer Jan Richmond says everything to do with the evolution of the show has run pretty close to form, but when costumes were finally introduced at dress rehearsals, a magical transformation occurred.
"When
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