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Show -335- the particular teacher presenting her students in r e c i t a l. In this one, i t seemed, a l l of the students appeared to be representing a different teacher. Ah, yes, he thought, he could now understand his granddaughter's nervousness. If she was the only representative of her teacher, what pressure she must feel to do well. Also, the surroundings were much more professional, being part of this city-wide school, and the hall i t s e l f , modest though i t might seem by comparison with the great concert halls, was certainly much more impressive than the places where he remembered his own children performing. In other respects, though, i t was much the same. The audience seemed to be made up mostly of relatives of the performers, their teachers, and their friends. And what a mixture they were. One family was Chinese, another Black. Some looked well-to-do, others poor. The Professor's ear caught phrases of German and I t a l i a n speech, as well as another language that he guessed to be Polish or Hungarian.' There were twelve performers in a l l , arranged on the program, his daughter told him, according to age. The grand-youngest would play f i r s t , the oldest last.' His/daughter's name appeared a t about the middle of the program. The f i r s t to play was a young, very frightened and solemn Chinese boy of about six or seven, who played a Bach exercise, proficiently but somewhat xroodenly, to graCt applause, p a r t i c u l a r l y from his largo group of r e l a t i v e s. |