Photo Gallery: 16th Annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration at Glendale High School

R.D. White Elementary School’s Elen Abramyan, 8, sings with her classmates at the 16th Annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration at Glendale High School on Wednesday, April 19, 2017.

Youth from the Davidian & Mariamian Educational Foundation Choir sing and wave Armenian flags at the 16th Annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration at Glendale High School on Wednesday, April 19, 2017.

R.D. White Elementary School children perform at the 16th Annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration at Glendale High School on Wednesday, April 19, 2017.

The ceremony to present the colors at the 16th Annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration at Glendale High School on Wednesday, April 19, 2017.

Most of the seating in the bottom two-thirds of the John Wayne Performing Arts Center are taken at the 16th Annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration at Glendale High School on Wednesday, April 19, 2017.

The Gendale High School acapella choir sings the Armenian National Anthem at the 16th Annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration at Glendale High School on Wednesday, April 19, 2017.

Glendale Supt. Winfred Robertson, Jr. speaks at the 16th Annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration at Glendale High School on Wednesday, April 19, 2017.

An original song is performed by members of the Glendale High School Armenian Club.

A television photographer puts lights on Glendale Unified school officials during the show at the 16th Annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration at Glendale High School on Wednesday, April 19, 2017.

A young girl from R.D. White Elementary asks the crowd a question at the 16th Annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration at Glendale High School on Wednesday, April 19, 2017.

The presentation of colors by the Glendale Homenetmen Ararat Chapter at the 16th Annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration at Glendale High School on Wednesday, April 19, 2017.

Erik Chilingaryan, with the Davidian & Mariamian Educational Foundation Choir, recites a poem at the 16th Annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration at Glendale High School on Wednesday, April 19, 2017.

Youth from R.D. White Elementary School sing at the 16th Annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration at Glendale High School on Wednesday, April 19, 2017.

Dancers with Lilia Dance studio perform at the 16th Annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration at Glendale High School on Wednesday, April 19, 2017.

A boy with the Lilia Dance Studio waves a large Armenian flag at the 16th Annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration at Glendale High School on Wednesday, April 19, 2017.