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recital
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To All the Boys I've Loved Before
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"I THINK WE SHOULD DO RECITAL PARTY this year," Margot says from her spot on the couch.†
p. 297.1

recital = performance
When my mom was alive, every Christmas we'd have what she called a recital party.†
p. 297.1
I hated real piano recitals because I was the worst in my age group and Margot was the best.†
p. 297.4

recitals = performances
I always hated recital party I used to beg and beg not to have to play.†
p. 297.5

recital = performance
After Mommy died, we never had another recital party.†
p. 298.2
Mid-wrap, Margot decides that we should have recital party the day after Christmas.†
p. 325.9
I'd hoped she'd forgotten all about her grand idea to have recital party, but Margot's memory has always been killer.†
p. 326.1 *
Another recital party tradition.†
p. 327.6
We haven't done recital party in so long.†
p. 333.7
This is not happening right now At recital party, with everyone I've ever known my whole entire life in the next room.†
p. 336.8

Definitions:

(1) (recital)
a performance such as music, dance, or a poetry reading

A music recital is usually done solo or with a single accompanist. A dance recital may include many dancers.
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Much more rarely, recital can be used in the sense of something that was recited (said aloud), or said in detail. In law, recital has a specialized meaning that references introductory or preliminary information giving the reasons for what follows.