Our older son has recited at the Poila Baishakh programme since he was six. This year he says no

The Bengali association near us does a small Poila Baishakh evening every year. Songs, a short play by the kids, recitations. Our older one has done a poem every single year since he was six, and the family group waits for the video. This year he told the organiser himself that he's not doing it. No drama, no real reason beyond 'I don't want to stand up there anymore'. His younger brother is happily learning his piece. Part of me says he's a teenager now, let it go. Part of me thinks he'll miss it in a few years and it'll be too late to go back. Do I nudge, or leave it completely? 🤷