Since I’m not a very good dad and generally no good in other areas as well, I failed to catch the first few notes of her performance in the video. I was watching really closely for some sort of visual cue like a nod from her teacher or something that would signal that she was about to begin, but there was none. I think Isabella and her teacher must have worked out some sort of secret signal only perceivable by them in the hopes of foiling any would-be videographer’s hopes of recording her performance in its entirety.

So anyway. Below is what I got video-wise, and there are photos as well.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Afterwards we went to Olive Garden with Mom and Sam, as is our wont and tradition following a recital.

* Yeah, it’s the latter half of November, which these days makes it a little late for a Christmas recital, but what can you do?