大家好！我叫Bill,我来自中国成都。我18岁。我从13岁开始就是金币比赛和安东尼亚诺小合唱团的忠实粉丝了。我对金币最早的记忆是一段第51届金币比赛的视频，是“文字游戏”这首歌。我觉得观看这个视频简直是我的福气！这首歌现在还是我最喜欢的金币歌曲之一。旋律活泼轻快，歌词充满了欢乐与童真。我非常喜欢这首歌，于是开始查找更多有关它的信息。就这样，我了解到了金币和安东尼亚诺小合唱团。

听了更多歌曲后，我越发觉得金币令人惊叹。意大利居然有那么多优秀的儿歌，简直难以置信！很快我就被金币强势吸粉了。我把上百首金币歌曲传到手机和平板上，这样就可以随时随地听金币了。后来我加了粉丝群，认识了很多同样热爱金币和小团的朋友。观看金币比赛电视直播是我们每年最盼望的事情。

2015年尾我听说小合唱团要在新年之际来上海举办音乐会，我激动得不行。 燃鹅，我那时忙着高考冲刺就没去成。。。有趣的是，我在高考语文之前听了“文字游戏”，在考数学之前听了“数数字”，在物理考试之前听了“伽利略”。我觉得这些歌能带给我好运，貌似真的有效果！

几个月前我听说小合唱团新年又要来中国了，上海六场北京两场。我高兴得要死，立马定了三场上海的票，等不及了！

终于，在2016的最后一天，我看到了我团和女神萨老师，这次不再是在屏幕上了，他们就近在眼前！元旦那天，我又看了两场。也就是说，我和小合唱团在一起共度新年，简直不可思议。更幸运的是，我居然坐在第一排的中间！那愉快气氛，那天籁之音，我甚至觉得自己在梦中！小团娃们用中文唱“同一首歌”的时候，我感动到眼中湿润，文字不能描述我当时的心情了。我深深地觉得，就像他们唱的一样，四海皆一家。在最后，我和小团每个小朋友都击了掌，我还用我的蹩脚意大利语祝他们新年快乐。我永远都不会忘记和他们击掌的那种幸福感觉。演出结束之后我还和一些小朋友集体自拍，我刚刚打开相机，他们就围过来，对着镜头露出最甜的微笑。每个人心中都有一个天使，他们就是人间天使吧。

我从金币和小合唱团获得了什么？我会说我得到了信念，鼓舞，乐观，童心，友谊，无穷无尽的欢乐，以及发现生活中美好事物的能力。金币和小团已经是我生活的重要部分了，那些金币歌曲是我宝贵的精神财富。由衷感谢为金币和小团做出无私贡献的人们。做金币和小团的粉丝是我此生最幸运的事。

Hello friends! My name is Bill and I’m from Chengdu, China. I’m 18 and I have been a big fan of Zecchino d’Oro and il Piccolo Coro “Mariele Ventre” dell’Antoniano di Bologna since I was 13.

 My first memory of Zecchino d’Oro was a video of a part of the 51st Zecchino d’Oro, it was the song “Giochi di Parole”. I believe it was my great fortune to watch this video. And this song is still one of my favorites. The melody is lively and delightful and the lyrics are full of joy and innocence. I loved this song so much and began to search for more information about it. Therefore, I got to know the great Italian Children’s festival “Zecchino d’Oro” and the great little choir of Antoniano.

More songs I listened, more amazing I thought Zecchino d’Oro was. It was surprising to me that there were so many awesome Children’s songs in Italy! Unbelievable! Soon I became a big fan. And I sent hundreds of Zecchino d’Oro songs to my mobile phone and iPad so that I can listen to them anywhere at any time. Then, I joint a group of Chinese fans who have the same passion for Zecchino d’Oro and il Piccolo Coro in which I made many friends. Watching the Zecchino d’Oro live TV broadcast is the thing we expect most every year.

    In late 2015 I heard that the little choir was going to hold concerts in Shanghai during the new year. I was so excited. However, what a pity, I couldn’t go to Shanghai because I was really busy preparing for the National College Entrance Examination. An interesting thing was that I listened to “Giochi di parole” before Chinese exam, “Do i numeri” before math exam and “Messer Galileo” before physics exam. I believed they would bring me good luck, and they did!

Couples of months ago I heard that the little choir was coming to China again during the 2017 new year and there would be 6 concerts in Shanghai and another 2 in Beijing. I was happy to death! Without much hesitation, I booked tickets to 3 concerts in Shanghai and just couldn’t wait for it！

Finally, at the last day of 2016, I saw the fantastic little choir and the respectable teacher Sabrina directly with my eyes, not on the screen anymore, they were so close to me! And on the new year’s day of 2017, I went to another two concerts. In other words, I spent the new year’s day together with il Piccolo Coro. How incredible! More luckily, I was sitting in the middle of the first row! The wonderful atmosphere, the beautiful voices! I even doubted if I was dreaming! When those lovely children from Italy were singing that famous song “The Same Song” in Chinese, I was so touched and had tears in my eyes. Words can simply not express my emotion at that time. I deeply felt that, just as they sung, we are the world.

At the end of the concert, I gave every child of il Piccolo Coro a high five and wished them “Buon Anno!”. I will never forget the happiness of clapping their little hands. What’s more, after the concert I took group selfies together with them, they gathered around me and showed the sweetest smiles in the world to the lens as soon as I turned on my camera. Tutti quanti abbiamo un angelo, they are my angels!

What do I get from Zecchino d’Oro and il Piccolo Coro? I get faith, inspiration, optimism, naivete, friendship, endless joy and the ability to discover beautiful things in everyday life. They have taken a huge part of my life and those children’s songs are precious spiritual treasures to me. Heartfelt thanks to those who devote to Zecchino d’Oro and il Piccolo Coro. Grazie mille! I genuinely believe that, loving Zecchino d’Oro and il Piccolo Coro is the luckiest thing all my life.

                                                 Bill Cin