Barbie Girl

Duchess Rowena (ROW-ee-nah)
The King’s cousin, who is brought into the castle in order to help him raise his twelve daughters. She strips the castle of all fun and secretly poisons the King in order to take over the kingdom. She has a monkey named Brutus, whom Fallon likes and Twyla hates.

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This weeks doll is the beautiful Blair, with her long black hair!  She can be bought on eBay here

Blair (BLARE)
The second sister, who loves horses, tends to be a bit of a dreamer, and is close to Ashlyn. She is very vocal and is the first to complain about Rowena’s presence in their lives. Her flower is the larkspur and her gem is the ruby. She has black hair and wears a red dress.

Genevieve discovers that the king has been tricked into proclaiming Rowena acting queen until he recovers, but she has poisoned him (presumably to death) and sent guards to capture any stray princesses. Using their diverse talents the princesses distract or disable the guards and enter the palace to confront Rowena. Lacey ignore’s Genevieve’s instructions and enters the palace to give Genevieve the magic water in her vial and is seized by Rowena’s henchmen.

Derek and Genevieve defeat the magically summoned suits of armor that defend Rowena but discover that Rowena has the upper hand when the henchman drags in Lacey. Noting that Genevieve is the source of most of her sister’s resistance, Rowena wishes that Genevieve dance forever and ever but when the golden flowers spew dust Genevieve produces her fan and fans the dust onto Rowena, whose henchman joins her in dancing. The two villains then dance their way out of the castle and out of the movie.

Using the magic water from dance land, Lacey revives the king, who explains that Rowena was poisoning him. Genevieve and Derek wed and the King remarks that this is truly a remarkable day, as Genevieve is finally on time for something (her wedding).

And they are the princesses Isla and Hadley – they are the young twins in the 12 Dancing Princesses movie.  They come with stands that make them twirl, separately or they can be clicked together to twirl at the same time!  They are listed on eBay and can be viewed here.

Hadley (HAD-lee)
The eighth sister and Isla’s twin. She loves to dance on stilts, something she shares with her sister. Her favourite gemstone is the topaz and narcissus flowers are her favourite. She has blonde hair and wears a turqouise dress.

Isla (AYE-lah)
The ninth sister and Hadley’s twin. Athletic Isla wants to become an acrobat and enjoys dancing on stilts. Emeralds are her favourite gemstone and she likes lily of the valley flowers. She has brown hair and wears a purple dress.

Meanwhile Genevieve’s talking pet, a kitten, fights with Rowena’s talking pet, a monkey and the monkey determines the pattern for opening the gateway. Soon Rowena enters the magic land and discovers the ability for wishes to come true. She removes a flower that sprinkles gold dust that grants wishes and returns with it. Then her henchman destroys the stone pattern that forms the gateway.

Trapped in the magic land Genevieve wishes to know the way out and they find that the same pattern that led them in will let them out. Soon Genevieve discovers that alone she can no longer open the gateway. Only by dancing with Derek can the two open the gateway to return to their land, returning this time to their mother (the queen)’s dance pavillion.

This week’s doll of the week continues in our 12 Dancing Princesses theme, this is princess Courtney!  her listing on eBay can be viewed here.

Courtney (COURT-nee)
The third sister, who enjoys reading and is frequently found with her nose in a book. She is easily oblivious to everything around her as a result. Her flower is the forget-me-not and her gemstone is sapphire. She has brown hair and wears a dark blue dress. (note: “Courtney” is also a recurring character in the Barbie toy line)

The next day the royal cobbler and love interest Derek arrives to find that they have worn their new dancing shoes out in a single night and that they are covered with gold dust. The duchess continues to deprive them of any enjoyment and prevents them singing for their father, who has fallen ill. The doctor gives Rowena medicine for the king which she promptly disposes of, because she is poisoning the king. That night the princesses again dance the night away.

The next day the princesses are still exhausted and the duchess demands to know why. Lacey tells her the truth, which upsets the duchess (who does not believe it). The princesses return again to their magic land after being locked into their bedroom. Derek returns, having discovered that Rowena is stealing from the king and dealing with an apocathary (presumably for the poison). Using the pattern of Genevieve’s dancing, Derek enters the magic land and reports his findings.

Barbie & the 12 princesses are hard to get right now.  This fantastic specimen of Barbie as the princess Delia from the movie Barbie and the 12 Dancing princesses is on eBay and comes from from china.. the listing can be viewed here.

Delia (DEE-lee-ah)
The fourth sister, who likes sports, especially croquet and horseback riding. She is close to Edeline. Her favourite flower is the sunflower and her gemstone is the peridot. She has blonde hair and wears a green dress.

 

Barbie stars as a beautiful princess named Genevieve with eleven sisters, Ashlyn, Blair, Courtney, Delia, Edeline, Fallon, Hadley, Isla, Janessa, Kathleen and Lacey, who all love to dance. Along with their own personal likes and interests, all twelve love to dance and live in a beautiful castle with their father, the King.

Disheartened by his daughter’s unprincess like behavior and his inability to understand them, the King summons his cousin Duchess Rowena to help him with their upbringing. Rowena strips the castle of all fun: no singing, playing, and no dancing. She forces the princesses to practice “proper” behavior, such as fanning. Disappointed with the changes, the princesses find that their mother’s favorite story book, which recounts a tale of a magic land where a princess could dance for three nights, is in fact true. The entrance to this magic land is in their very room. In the magic land any wish is granted by flowers that sprinkle gold dust and the princesses dance the night away. Lacey, the youngest princess, hurts her knee and discovers that water from the fountain heals the wound instantly. She fills a vial with the water to keep with her…

Look out for the next installment!

(Information from http://www.wikipedia.org/)