Photo Gallery: 18th annual Glendale Unified School District Armenian Genocide commemoration

Students with R.D. White and Jefferson elementary schools perform “April Khagagh” in the 18th annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration in the John Wayne Performing Arts Center at Glendale High School on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Performances by students at Glendale Unified School District schools performed, from elementary to high school.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

A performer from Clark Magnet performs a solo dance called “Elegia” in the 18th annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration in the John Wayne Performing Arts Center at Glendale High School on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Performances by students at Glendale Unified School District schools performed, from elementary to high school.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

A performer with Glendale High School singing “Krounk” in the 18th annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration in the John Wayne Performing Arts Center at Glendale High School on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Performances by students at Glendale Unified School District schools performed, from elementary to high school.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Elementary school students from R.D. White and Jefferson elementary schools gather before a brief practice to find a place for all 102 on the risers in the 18th annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration in the John Wayne Performing Arts Center at Glendale High School on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Performances by students at Glendale Unified School District schools performed, from elementary to high school.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

U.S. Congressman Adam Schiff is interviewed by Glendale Unified School District board members Greg Krikorian and Armina Gharpetian before the start of the 18th annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration in the John Wayne Performing Arts Center at Glendale High School on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Performances by students at Glendale Unified School District schools performed, from elementary to high school.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Singers with the Glendale High School A Capella Choir sign the national anthems for the United States and Armenia in the 18th annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration in the John Wayne Performing Arts Center at Glendale High School on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Performances by students at Glendale Unified School District schools performed, from elementary to high school.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

U.S. Congressman Adam Schiff, before speaking about recognition by the U.S. for the Armenian Genocide, comments to GUSD board member Armina Gharpetian that he likes how she changed his name to “Schiffian” when she introduced him in the 18th annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration in the John Wayne Performing Arts Center at Glendale High School on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Performances by students at Glendale Unified School District schools performed, from elementary to high school.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Students with R.D. White and Jefferson elementary schools perform “April Khagagh” in the 18th annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration in the John Wayne Performing Arts Center at Glendale High School on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Performances by students at Glendale Unified School District schools performed, from elementary to high school.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Mesrop Madoyan, 11, of Thomas Jefferson Elementary, performs a singing solo “Aprelou April” in the 18th annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration in the John Wayne Performing Arts Center at Glendale High School on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Performances by students at Glendale Unified School District schools performed, from elementary to high school.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Mesrop Madoyan, 11, of Thomas Jefferson Elementary, performs a singing solo called “Aprelou April” in the 18th annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration in the John Wayne Performing Arts Center at Glendale High School on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Performances by students at Glendale Unified School District schools performed, from elementary to high school.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Children from the Davidian & Mariamian Education Foundation perform the song “Hayastan Ashkharh” in the 18th annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration in the John Wayne Performing Arts Center at Glendale High School on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Performances by students at Glendale Unified School District schools performed, from elementary to high school.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Students with R.D. White and Jefferson elementary schools hold up forget-me-not artwork while they perform “April Khagagh” in the 18th annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration in the John Wayne Performing Arts Center at Glendale High School on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Performances by students at Glendale Unified School District schools performed, from elementary to high school.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Artwork by a student from Crescenta Valley High School of a forget-me-not flower sunrise over Mount Ararat in the 18th annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration in the John Wayne Performing Arts Center at Glendale High School on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Performances by students at Glendale Unified School District schools performed, from elementary to high school.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Audience members hold up cell phones to record a speech by U.S. Congressman Adam Schiff at the 18th annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration in the John Wayne Performing Arts Center at Glendale High School on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Performances by students at Glendale Unified School District schools performed, from elementary to high school.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Haikouhie Shabazian, of Glendale, has a knitted headband and wristband in the colors of the Armenian flag, sits with an Armenian flag as she waits for the performances to begin at the 18th annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration in the John Wayne Performing Arts Center at Glendale High School on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Performances by students at Glendale Unified School District schools performed, from elementary to high school.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Elementary school students from R.D. White and Jefferson elementary schools, some very nervous, wait to rehearse entering onto the stage in the 18th annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration in the John Wayne Performing Arts Center at Glendale High School on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Performances by students at Glendale Unified School District schools performed, from elementary to high school.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

A poetry reading by performers from Hoover High School in the 18th annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration in the John Wayne Performing Arts Center at Glendale High School on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Performances by students at Glendale Unified School District schools performed, from elementary to high school.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

in the 18th annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration in the John Wayne Performing Arts Center at Glendale High School on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Performances by students at Glendale Unified School District schools performed, from elementary to high school.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)