Graduation Recitals, as far as I know, are another unique part of the Suzuki Method and go hand-in-hand with daily review. In most traditional methods children perform once or twice a year on group recitals, and when they finish a book they simply move on to the next one. At least, that's how it went for me when I was a child. Instead, when my students near the end of a book we also go back to the beginning to polish every single song. Once everything is easy and ready, the student performs all of the songs in the book in order for whomever they decide to invite. Graduation Recitals are a celebration of what the student has worked so hard to achieve and a chance to 'show off' for family and friends. Then it's to a new book and, best of all, a new CD.
Congratulations to Madeline, Zach and Zoe!
