Mephistopheles <no-fixed@address.net> wrote in
news:uu6ke291lmi8fhec7tt99aqvl3lpfuk58l@4ax.com:
> On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 14:23:53 GMT, WingedMessenger <Boy@Flying.high>
> wrote:
>
>>Probably starting friday as I will be away for a couple of days.
>>A post with a difference. SLEEPING BEAUTY.
>>A fairytale in words and music.
>>Music by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
>>Written and narrated by Tony Scotland.
>>with the orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden conducted by
>>Mark Ermler.
>>For those who know nothing of this here is a quick resume.
>>A princess was born in a castle on a far-off island. The King and
>>Queen decided to call her Aurora, and they invited 6 fairies to bless
>>her. However a 7th fairy, horrible and ugly old thing called CARABOSSE
>>gate- crashed the baptism and cursed the baby princess, predicting
>>that on her `16th birthday she would prick her finger on a spindle and
>>die. The other fairies were deeply shocked and one of them, the kindly
>>Lilac Fairy, stepped forward with her wand and changed the spell. Yes,
>>she said, the Princess would prick her finger but she would not die.
>>She would go to sleep for a hundred years, and when the time was up a
>>handsome prince would wake her with a kiss and break the spell.
>>This is exactly what happened. On her 16th birthday at a grand party
>>in the castle, Princess Aurora pricked her finger on a spindle and
>>fell into a deep sleep.
>>Exactly 100 years later a handsome prince was out hunting when he had
>>a vision of the hidden castle and the sleeping princess.
>>Cutting his way through the trees and brambles with his sword, he
>>found the castle all overgrown with cobwebs. Upstairs on a vast bed,
>>he found Pricess Aurora sound asleep.
>>He kissed her gently and slowly she stirred, opened her eyes and fell
>>in love. Suddenly the cobwebs vanished along with the creepers and
>>brambles, and everyone came back to life exactly as they had been 100
>>years previously.
>>The King and Queen were delighted and organised an enormous state
>>wedding, to which The bad fairy Carabosse was not invited. The Prince
>>and Princess lived happily ever after.
>>It comprises 15 tracks with a running time of 69 mins 33 secs.
>>The story is narrated with interspersed music and is a masterpiece.
>>The 15 tracks are as follows:-
>>1. The curse of the fairy Carabosse 1.32
>>2. The Lilac fairy intervenes. 2.04
>>3. Princess Aurora celebrates her 16th birthday. 5.16
>>4. She dances with the Eligible Prince. 7.27.
>>5. She rejects all her suitors. 4.19
>>6. Carabosse delivers the spindle. 2.10
>>7. The Princess pricks her finger. 4.11
>>8. The Lilac Fairy casts the spell of sleep. 4.22
>>9. Prince Florimunds Dream. 2.26
>>10. The Prince meets the Lilac Fairy. 3.29
>>11. The Lilac Fairy conjures up a vision of the Sleeping Beauty. 5.46
>>12. She guides the prince to the enchanted castle. 4.23
>>13. The Enchanted Castle. 7.22
>>14. Prince Florimunds kiss wakes the Sleeping Beauty. 2.57
>>15. The wedding of the Prince Florimund and Princess Aurora.
>>
>>I will not be putting the track titles on each posted track because of
>>the size which is why I have given the details here.
>>
>>I have no idea how many of you have actually seen the Ballet, but
>>words cannot adequately express the beauty of it.
>>
>>Mercury.
>
> Streuth, Mercury. My, you have been massively busy, typing all this
> out & in such detail, so I hope the couple of days you are taking off,
> no doubt to steep yourself in the lickerish baits of London's
> Nightlife, will be abundantly joyful.
>
> Possibly some better news in the groups too. Someone calling himself
> the Forger, stating he posted under all our nics, announced yesterday
> in the Fort he's packing it in, as a silly game & a waste of time. And
> in fact there haven't been any mass postings of fat bitches for some
> 24 hours, so I hope it was him, as my nic was used quite a bit.
>
> I posted the Libera Free CD yesterday in Sm......, & today in N,,,p
> Libera Visions. So I've been busy too. Even started downloading the
> Handel avi posted by CC in Sm & part-watched some of it, but it's
> soooo long I might not continue, there being an absolute feast of
> music stuff going the rounds these days.
>
> So, thanks for everything you do here, & enjoy your deserved break.
>
> Mephi
>
I am positively brimming with pink cheeks lol. I am a great lover of
ballet and this is one of the best. I enjoy posting on R but often doubt
anyone actually goes there, but the education is there for the taking!!!!
Nightlife, absolutely not, matinee life possibly lol. I need some new
pics for my egypt club from the BM so that will pass a few hours. Hope
you sang along with the oggie song as I knew it.
Be good.
Mercury.
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