The Rotary Club of Pakenham has run Debutante Balls for over thirty years catering for generations of families in the district. This year’s group impressed with their enthusiasm and dancing ability from the very first awkward training session to Saturday 20th August where they displayed their talent looking stunning in their formal attire.
Country towns traditionally had a “Ball” season with the Debutante Ball being one of the first to present the “coming out” of the young adults of the district. Balls were important social events for a district with a number of groups undertaking the organisation.
A Debutante Ball is one of the first occasions when young people get out of the daggy day to day clothes and dress in formal clothes they have never had the opportunity to wear. This builds confidence for the future in what they wear and how they present themselves. And for the twenty eight young adults who participated in the Rotary Debutante Ball held at the Pakenham Racecourse last Saturday it was a night they will cherish and remember forever.
The Debutantes and partners were presented to the President of the Rotary Club of Pakenham, Mr Terry Williams, his wife Alwyn and to the relatives and friends present on the night. As each young person entered the room the MC for the Evening, Rotarian Steve Fisher, gave short personal highlights and aspirations of each one to the very receptive crowd.
