<p>Son has a senior recital. I asked him are we supposed to bring any flowers etc? He said girls are usually given flowers. He likes to read books. I can give him books which he love more. But is it appropraite to give him finanace book that he so wants. He wants more of the books as a gruation gifts too. He told me to buy something like Napoleon Hill books or famous leaders books. Please help us is it appropriate to give books at these times? Thanks</p>
<p>I’ve seen both men and women receive bouquets. But if your son would prefer a book, go ahead and give him one. It will last longer than the flowers!</p>
<p>You could give him a book with a single long stem rose. :)</p>
<p>parentny~</p>
<p>Hope your son’s recital goes beautifully!!! 
I like mathmom’s idea with of a book with the accompanying long-stemmed rose! VERY elegant! </p>
<p>My girls all do musical theatre, so we’re constantly buying/giving roses and other flowers. Since they die so quickly, I actually ordered some of those plush roses (big and made of velour), and I like to give those out to my girls and their friends with little tags attached with the name of the show/character/pics I’ve taken of the person. Those actually last! :D</p>
<p>Again, hope your son has a great time at his recital!</p>
<p>~berurah</p>
<p>I had to laugh at this thread. When my daughter had her Interlochen senior recital, we rushed the stage with flowers. Turned out that isn’t the “right” thing at Interlochen- you wait until afterwards to present the flowers.
So-last year at Rice we waited (junior recital) and she later told us we were supposed to storm the stage!
This year- senior recital. Boyfriend stormed the stage and H and my adult stepson held back (I was on crutches so kept my seat). Boyfriend presented the flowers then took a seat at the piano. D put the flowers down, announced that they were going to do an encore together (he is a professional jazz pianist as well as a med student). They did “If I Were a Bell” from Guys and Dolls, which brought the house down (especially after an hour of opera…). Then the rest of the flowers were taken up on stage.
For a guy? I like the book idea, but flowers would be fine, too.</p>
<p>Oooh I love the idea of a book with a single rose. Charming. </p>
<p>I did this for my D: You can then dry-press the rose, and after a few weeks glue it onto a 2 x 10 piece of cardstock, write the date/event, wrap in the self-adhesive clear magic wrap, add a tassel, and VOILA it’s a bookmark.</p>
<p>It is perfectly appropriate to give flowers to men or women performers. Certainly you can give anything you want! (Or he wants.) At one concert I read about, the women were given flowers and the men were given fudge. And the women wished they’d been given fudge, too. :)</p>
<p>At our son’s senior recital (from HS), we didn’t give him anything. He did the recital with a female friend of his, and she got several bouquets. I felt bad we didn’t give anything.</p>
<p>At my D’s concerto performance, we had flowers ready to go, but had balcony seats, and didn’t make it to the stage in time! Argh.</p>