What would Frank Butler do without a group of admirers?  Ask the "Bad, Bad, Girls" -- Teresa Thorn, Jennifer Stuber Siedschlag, Holly Meier, and Beth Bloom.  The foursome worked hard throughout rehearsals on fawning over Butler and perfecting their dance numbers. (Photo by Linda Goldsworthy)

Hoping to convince Annie Oakley of the great things to come if she enters show business, Roger Stevens (Charlie) and Larry Goerge (Buffalo Bill) weave their  spell. (Photo by Linda Goldsworthy)

Cindy Wang (Minnie), Emily Grove (Jessie), and Sonya Westfall (Nellie) listen as Annie, their sister mourns the loss of Frank Butler aboard a cattle boat.  (Photo by Linda Goldsworthy)

In his first main role, Larry George brings the legendary Buffalo Bill and his Wild West Show to the Three Lakes auditorium stage.  A former state trooper, George and his wife retired to the area in the late 1990s. Annie Get Your Gun was his fourth production. (Photo by Linda Goldsworthy)

One scene which gave a few audience members concern made it appear as if a real bon fire was burning on stage.  Here members of Sitting Bull's tribe (Charisa Nygard, Nancy Resch, Michelle Bryski, and Jennifer Zayia) prepare for Annie's initiation ceremony.   (Photo by Linda Goldsworthy)

Although she knows she can't get a man with a gun, Annie Oakley (Cynthia Wallis)

After completing a show-stopping stunt

The battles between siblings Dolly (Beth Jacobson) and Charlie (Roger Stevens) never stopped.  By the show's end, the entire cast had picked up on Charlie's favorite line, "Shut up, Dolly." Jacobson was a good sport about the comments, joining in for a laugh. (Photo by Linda Goldsworthy)

Beth Jacobson (Dolly Davenport-Tate) and Mike Wang (Frank Butler) look to win the sharp-shooting contest on Governor's Island, showing Annie Oakley once and for all who is the best. (Photo by Linda Goldsworthy)

Flirting with Bad, Bad Girl Jennifer Stuber Siedschlag, West West Show Star Frank Butler (Mike Wang) announces to the audience that he's not allowed back into many western cities--as many a father believe Butler to be a "Bad, Bad Man." (Photo by Linda Goldsworthy)

Three Lakes Elementary School principal Nancy Resch pulls springs out of the traincar chair, exclaiming, "Bracelets?!?"  The antics of Resch and the other Natives during the scene kept the audience in stitches. (Photo by Linda Goldsworthy)

Annie's scrubby and filthy siblings (Sonya Westfall, Fritz Westfall, Emily Grove, and Cindy Wang) emerge from the bushes, much to the amusement of the townspeople who question Annie's claim of being a great shot. (Photo by Linda Goldsworthy)

New York City Hotel Ballroom will never be the same after Bad, Bad Girls Holly Meier and  Beth Bloom make an entrance.  Annie Get Your Gun was Meier's second production with the TLTC, while it was Bloom's fourth. (Photo by Linda Goldsworthy)

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