Delightful ‘D’ Lights (1997)

Long ago there lived a King and Queen who ruled over a great Kingdom. When their first child, Aurora, was born there was great rejoicing and they held a big party to celebrate her birth. The proud parents invited the most important people in the Kingdom, including the six good fairies who lived in the most distant parts of the land. Among them was the most loved Lilac Fairy. The party started off smoothly. All the guests brought expensive presents for Princess Aurora but the Fairies gave the Princess beauty, wealth, health, kindness, happiness and love.

In the midst of the party, a rush of cold air blew through the room as the great door flung open. There on the doorstep stood the Fairy of Darkness. Nothing had been heard of her for so many years that the King and Queen had completely forgotten to invite her. She was very furious for not being invited to this great occasion and instead of giving the baby Princess a gift or blessing. She cursed the baby. ‘The Princess will grow up to be pretty, happy and health until the day that she is eighteen years old. On that day, she will prick her finger on a spindle and die.’ And with that the wicked fairy swept out of the room leaving behind a stunned silence. Softly, the Lilac Fairy stepped forward to change the spell. Instead of dying, the Princess will prick her finger and sleep for a hundred years and only a Prince will be able to break the spell by kissing her.

Through the years everyone had forgotten about the spell until Princess Aurora’s eighteenth birthday when an old woman came to the castle and gave the Princess a strange present for her birthday. The present was a spindle. While the king and queen were wondering who the old woman was and what she had given to their daughter. Aurora had already pricked her finger. She was beginning to feel faint when the old woman revealed her disguise as the Fairy of Darkness. Princess Aurora passed out and the wicket fairy left. Now everyone remembered the curse and was very sad. But Lilac Fairy came to remind the King and Queen that the Princess will not die but will sleep for a hundred years until a Prince finds her, kisses her and breaks the spell. Everyone in the castle fell asleep for a hundred years.

For many years Lilac Fairy went searching for a suitable Prince who would not only break the spell but will also fall in love with Princess Aurora. In the hundred years she finally found Prince Desiree and brought him to the castle. Prince Desiree took one look at Princess Aurora and instantly fell in love with her. He could not resist kissing such a beautiful Princess that when he bent down and kissed her, she opened her eyes. When she saw Prince Desiree she too fell in love with him. And when everyone woke up, they rejoiced at seeing the Prince and Princess together. Shortly, after that the Prince and Princess were married and they lived happily ever after.
Act 1 – The Celebration of the birth of Princess Aurora.
Act 2 – Princess Aurora’s eighteen birthday. The vision and the awakening.
Act 3 – The Wedding Celebration.