Dear Committee…
“…at first, my parents didn’t agree with me and my intention to apply for the Great Ball, but taking into account my passion and my determination they understood my dream, I hope not vain, for fulfilling my dream...”
“...if I could take part in your ball, I would feel the luckiest girl in the world. I do ask you to give me the possibility of participating in your next event because your ball is the most important ball in Italy...”
“...today, in the world of technology and disco, the ball of debutants has actually become the ball of dreams and fairy tales and I would like that it was the beginning for me to realize my wishes and objectives ...”
“...since then I have lived waiting my 18th birthday hoping to realize this dream ( or maybe three dreams: my mother’s, my sister’s and mine)...”
“...my two dreams are these: the ball and became a notary...”
“...I am writing this letter and it doesn’t seem true to be able to participate in one of the most important ball of Europe for me is a fiction, like a fairy tale and absolutely incredible...”
“... I don’t want to make up absurd reasons but to be sincere and open my heart to you, I desire this ball because I want to feel important for one night, to feel surrounded in the wonder...”
“...I would like to realize a little girl’s dream, a little girl who was amazed by watching a white dress and hoped one day to ball dressing one of those dresses on...”
“... when I was a child, I used to ask myself what I would have done when I grow up, and the answer was always the same: a scientist and a princess. The first dream is almost realized, in fact...but for the second I need you...”
“...I believe that nowadays society, in which dreaming is forbidden, it is the only occasion to dive into past and into the magic air that only these events can give...”
“...first of all, I would like to show my love for my parents and in a way to finalise the gift the gave me...”
“...for my debut in society I have always dreamt a marvellous event as yours. I think it is what every girl desires since her childhood...”
“...I remember I was seven when I was watching TV with my mother and I saw some imagines of the ball. I remember I was so fascinated that I went on speaking at school and with my friends...”
“...surely, I can buy a nice dress, I can go to the hairdresser...and I can also go downstairs in my building, but it shouldn’t be the same dream. Dreaming is not enough... If you wish something, you have to believe in it and I believe in this fairy tale...”
“...I know I am not of the age to participate in the ball, but I am 18 in March, and if you should grant my request, I will be happy to participate in the event in 2007 or later...”
“...it is difficult to seek a dream in these days, we have everything, too much, and to desire something is not easy. One of the few left for all generations is “the Ball of Debutants”. That is why to participate in an event like this, to become even for a short time a princess in the 21st century, pretty, but also able to face life as it was the more achievable dream...”
“...I let you imagine what could be my joy to be able to participate in the Great Ball of Debutants, to be able to live with my open eyes, my little girl’s dream that is still living in me”...
“...to be able to participate in the Great Ball will confirm to me that the fairy tales are not only story for children, but the adventures of our life. Finally, I would like to add that tied up to the achievement of this dream, there is another one: being able to tell my future sons and grandchildren a fairy tale, not that one known by everybody, one different from the usual ones: the mine...”
“...because in this world that spins so fast we need something that makes you stop for a while and taste the goodness of being a girl with her own dreams and , maybe, with her wonderful white dress, one of them that makes you remember how young you are and remind you carpe diem...”
“...I don’t find essential to tell you all these things that you will forget soon after you have folded the letter and put it away with the others. I do hope you could read it at least one time in order to understand how important is to realize an unimaginable dream , for someone you care of...”
“...I want to give a happy time to my parents and to put my desire of a world that doesn’t exist any more out, but it will live again for one night...”
“...surely it will be a great experience, and it has been funny to apply for, the idea of doing it, the idea of being there, the fear of not being nice enough, tall enough, slim enough, and to realize of being fit as you are...and that’s that!”
“...and to deserve to be one of the lucky debs that will manage in one night to make up a nice memory that they will keep, with joy and pride for the whole life...”
“...I hope that you will accept my request, on the contrary I am sure that you want to meet me!...Of course I am joking, and I beg you...let me live this my little dream!...”
“...I don’t want to forget that a dream lived just for one night is memory for the whole life...Mine is a dream as a fairy tale... I entrust entirely with you the condition to find the right conclusion...Yours sincerely...”