A piano recital

Korean kids study too hard. These kids are first-graders and yet, after school every day they go to a piano academy. Today, a Saturday, when they should have been running around enjoying themselves, they were at the academy for 8 hours waiting for their 5 minutes of fame as they played before the assembled throng of parents. I was one of the few non-parents, and the only non-Korean there.
The boys all wore suits with tails and glittering cravats, the girls were in stunning evening gowns. They played very well indeed...