Making our mark in any medium... the official student news of Normal Community High School

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Making our mark in any medium... the official student news of Normal Community High School

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Making our mark in any medium... the official student news of Normal Community High School

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Charlotte Calmès

Charlotte Calmès, Editor-in-Chief

Charlotte Calmès is the Inkspot's Editor-in-Chief. She is a senior at Normal Community High School and the president of the school's Best Buddies chapter, as well as the vice president of the National Honor Society.

In my free time I enjoy traveling, going to concerts, and spending time with friends and family.

My all-time dream is to meet Taylor Swift.

A slogan to live by is “leap and the net will appear.”

All content by Charlotte Calmès
In Focus: Christopherson and his camera

In Focus: Christopherson and his camera

Charlotte Calmes and Olivia Plangger
Apr 29, 2022
The jester and wench, along with the members of the madrigal choir, lift their medieval tankards in a toast. Guests were offered a glass of wassail (apple cider) when entering the event to participate in the toast. Following the toast, the madrigal choir sang Gloucestershire Wassail and Wassail Song.

Madrigals returns in-person [photo gallery]

Charlotte Calmes and Nayonika Banerjee
Dec 24, 2021
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The court singers lined the walls of the dark auditorium, each with their own candle, while the madrigal singers performed Silent Night on stage.

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Kevin Nguyen (24) and Lily Mavros (24), members of the court singers, perform Russian Dance, an upbeat acapella choral.

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Cora Winsor (25), Cole Luginbuhl (25) and Sophia Hartke (25), three freshman members of the court singers, perform Christmastime, an upbeat classical acapella choral.

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The court singers performed Christmastime and Russian Dance following the Ye Olde Consumers Tome infomercial.

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Sophia Hartke (25) and Maddie Chapman (25), joined by the jester and wench, entertained the audience with Ye Old Consumers Tome, a medieval infomercial between musical performances by the madrigal choir.

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The madrigal singers perform a choreographed English madrigal adaptation of The Spice Girls Wannabe, prompting laughter from the audience.

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The madrigal singers performed In These Delightful Pleasant Groves in a call-and-response manner, with singers split between two sets of risers at opposite ends of the stage.

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The jester and wench, the events hosts, read the extensive list of rules that audience members must abide by, including that guests must take care as to not spill their drinks or thou shall have several years of bad luck, and guests must refrain from flirting with the wenches.

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Schill and Speirer act out the partridge in a pear tree line as the choir sings The Twelve Days of Christmas. Select members of the madrigal choir were assigned solo parts for each line of the twelve days.

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Schill holds up five fingers as the choir sings the five golden rings lyric in The Twelve Days of Christmas. Schill and Speirer, the madrigal wench, acted out each of the twelve days in a theatrical performance accompanied by the choir.

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Ivy Goeckner (22) sings a solo during the madrigal choirs performance of The Twelve Days of Christmas.

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Tim Schill (22) and Jackie Speirer (22) played the roles of the events jester and wench, entertaining the audience with humorous skits and speeches between songs.

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Leslie Burton and Aubrey Simpson served dinner to the audience of the 2019 Madrigals Dinner performances, the last year the show was able to provide food service.

[Photo] Madrigals temporarily deserts dinner service, offering lowest ticket prices in two decades

Dec 3, 2021
Picture of dancing crowd at music concert festival

Opinion: After festival tragedy, Travis Scott must be held accountable

Eli Schneider and Charlotte Calmes
Dec 1, 2021

Students, staff ‘Sound Off’ on their favorite Taylor Swift songs [video]

Charlotte Calmes and Nayonika Banerjee
Nov 12, 2021
Chaos ensues on stage as the seven mini-plays collide towards the end of the show.

Theatre program jumps back into action with fall comedy ‘Zap!’ [review and photo gallery]

Nayonika Banerjee and Charlotte Calmes
Nov 2, 2021
Zach Bacon (22) starred as Man and Amelia Lau (22) as Woman in The Avant-Garde Play. This play follows a weird couple that finds a corpse in their hotel room.

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Zach Bacon (22) starred as Man in The Avant-Garde Play. In this scene, Man listens to the couple on the other side of the invisible wall to try and discover if their hotel room also came with a corpse.

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Tray Lund (24) starred as Clifford Gray and Megan Parent (22) as Emmaline Gray in The English Mystery. The mini-play takes place in the time period of World War I during a dinner party following Clifford Grays return home from battle. In this scene. Emmaline addresses Clifford, concerned about his deteriorating memory of home resulting from his time at battle.

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Tim Schill (22) starred as King Richard III, Dash Morgan (25) as Prince Edward, and Mia Lewis (24) as Duke of Buckingham in Shakespeares Richard III. During this play, King Richard III becomes increasingly frustrated with the audience that continues to zap him off stage due to his overly dramatic performance, and his frustration prompts him to angrily address the audience on multiple occasions.

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Nick Baca (23)s character Nikolai Volnikov jots down advice on farming in the Russian countryside given to him by Ani Abbina (24)s character Konstantin in The Russian Play.

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Maddie Chapman (25) and Mimi Calmes (25), two actresses featured in The Southern Play, are joined on stage by The English Mystery actor Gibson Smith (23) before bows.

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Ivy Goeckner (22) played Marsha during The Performance Art Monologue. Marsha, Goeckners character, is the only character in this mini-play. Her abstract character directly addresses the audience in the form of multiple solo speeches, aiming to provide the audience with the truth about theatre.

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Grayson Wills (25) starred as Reginald and Mimi Calmes (25) as Caroline in The Southern Play.

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Cast members from each of the seven mini-plays collide on stage in the ending scene, resulting in clashing costumes and conflicts between characters.

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Ethan Scott (22) as Sammy and Andrew Short (22) as Irv Weinstein in The Comedy. In this mini-play, Scotts character Sammy provides Shorts character Irv with advice on how to win over a once-colleague-turned- enemys wife.

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Avrille Jorolan (22) played Audrey McPherson and Killian Boyd (23) played Luke. Jorolans character Audrey picks up a pile of clothes scattered across the stage, throwing them at Boyds character Luke as The Comedy and The Southern Play collide.

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The cast of Zap! ran through their final dress rehearsal Thursday, Oct. 14 in preparation for their first show on the Community stage since February 2020.

Theatre program ‘Zaps’ back on stage

Charlotte Calmes and Dylan Wehmeyer
Oct 15, 2021
The king is dead

The king is dead

NCHS eliminates Homecoming King, Queen titles; elects Homecoming Royalty
Charlotte Calmes, Editor-in-Chief
Sep 30, 2021
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[Photo] Juniors win powderpuff [photo gallery]

Sep 27, 2021
New Faces of Normal: A Q&A with NCHSs new hires

New Faces of Normal: A Q&A with NCHS’s new hires

Charlotte Calmes, Laynee Scheck, Eli Schneider, Dylan Wehmeyer, Nayonika Banerjee, Jonah Kramer, and Victoria Wilson
Sep 14, 2021

Life Flight lands at NCHS [video]

Charlotte Calmes and Laynee Scheck
May 18, 2021

Big Macs for Big Decisions: Counselors host Decision Day 2021 [video]

Laynee Scheck and Charlotte Calmes
May 10, 2021

Army Adventure Trailer visits NCHS [video]

Charlotte Calmes, Laynee Scheck, and Zach Holliday
Apr 30, 2021
The Inkspots Cutest Canine Contest

The Inkspot’s Cutest Canine Contest

A photo gallery of the Inkspot's Cutest Canine Contest entries submitted by NCHS students in celebration of National Puppy Day
Charlotte Calmes, Editor-in-Chief
Apr 5, 2021

Obsessed since seven: Listening and loving 1D since elementary school

Charlotte Calmes, Editor-in-Chief
Mar 7, 2021
Two takes on One Direction

Two takes on One Direction

Charlotte Calmes is an O.G 1D fan; Kelsey Kern is a recent convert -- the two Inkspot staffers share their love of One Direction
Charlotte Calmes and Kelsey Kern
Mar 6, 2021
While the Grammy Awards have been postponed, take a look at the Inkspots picks for the best albums of 2020

2020: Monumental year in music

Top albums of 2020
Charlotte Calmes, Editor-in-Chief
Feb 1, 2021
GOLF le FLEUR* collaboration expresses outward individuality

GOLF le FLEUR* collaboration expresses outward individuality

Charlotte Calmes, Editor-in-Chief
Jan 12, 2021
Fleetwood Mac vinyl records, including Tusk (1979), Mirage (1982) and Tango in the Night (1987), are now sold at Walmart in Normal.

“Dreams” awakens new generation of Fleetwood Mac fans

Dec 18, 2020
Class of 1997 graduate Jarrett Johnson is nominated for Grammy award for a song release this summer.

NCHS alum Jarrett Johnson nominated for Grammy

Charlotte Calmes, Editor-in-Chief
Dec 4, 2020
Joe Biden is a healer, a uniter, a tested, and steady hand. A person whose own experience of loss gives him a sense of purpose that will help us, as a nation, reclaim our own sense of purpose.

Opinion: It’s a beautiful day in America

Charlotte Calmes, Editor-in-Chief
Nov 8, 2020
In It for the Long Run

In It for the Long Run

Freshman Ali Ince leads Lady Iron towards victorious season
Charlotte Calmes, Editor-in-Chief
Oct 30, 2020
While it isnt without its cliché and cringey moments, Netflix Original is incredibly entertaining.

The Adventure Continues: Netflix Original ‘Outer Banks’ to return for second season [review]

Charlotte Calmes, Editor-in-Chief
Sep 28, 2020
New Faces of Normal

New Faces of Normal

Charlotte Calmes, Colin Flack, Kelsey Kern, Hannah Kocar, Eli Schneider, and Olivia Plangger
Sep 17, 2020
The Unit 5 District Office was closed Monday, August 31 for a deep cleaning before reopening on Tuesday.

Unit 5 Executive Cabinet member tests positive for COVID-19; District officials quarantined

Superintendent Dr. Kristen Weikle and members of her Executive Cabinet working remotely through Sept. 10
Charlotte Calmes, Editor-in-Chief
Sep 1, 2020
Taylor Swifts Folklore: new sound adds to artists lore [review]

Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’: new sound adds to artist’s lore [review]

Charlotte Calmes, Editor-in-Chief
Jul 28, 2020
Unit 5 announces Return to School plan

Unit 5 announces Return to School plan

Charlotte Calmes, Editor-in-Chief
Jul 21, 2020
COVID-19 Update: In-person schooling suspended in Illinois through end of year

COVID-19 Update: In-person schooling suspended in Illinois through end of year

Charlotte Calmes, Editor-in-Chief
Apr 17, 2020
Top 10 underrated Taylor Swift tracks

Top 10 underrated Taylor Swift tracks

Charlotte Calmes, Editor-in-Chief
Mar 21, 2020
Coronavirus Update: Stay-at-Home order [3/21 8:00 a.m.]

Coronavirus Update: “Stay-at-Home” order [3/21 8:00 a.m.]

Charlotte Calmes, Editor-in-Chief
Mar 21, 2020
Coronavirus Update: Local impact and Illinoiss response [3/20 2:35 p.m.]

Coronavirus Update: Local impact and Illinois’s response [3/20 2:35 p.m.]

Charlotte Calmes, Editor-in-Chief
Mar 20, 2020
The limited selection of fresh meat products available at Walmart served as an inconvenience for many customers.

Coronavirus impacts grocers shelves [photo gallery]

Charlotte Calmes, Editor-in-Chief
Mar 20, 2020
Why the nation is rooting for Netflixs Cheer

Why the nation is rooting for Netflix’s ‘Cheer’

Charlotte Calmes, Editor-in-Chief
Mar 19, 2020
Transcript: Superintendent, Unit 5 district officials address Coronavirus

Transcript: Superintendent, Unit 5 district officials address Coronavirus

Charlotte Calmes, Editor-in-Chief
Mar 12, 2020
Harry Styles released his sophomore solo album through Columbia Records on December 13, 2019.

Styles’ new album ‘Lights Up’ the music industry

Charlotte Calmes, Editor-in-Chief
Jan 14, 2020
Madrigals host 19th annual dinner performances

Madrigals host 19th annual dinner performances

Laynee Scheck and Charlotte Calmes
Dec 19, 2019
Students and parents from all three high schools gathered in the NCHS cafeteria on Thursday, December 5 to learn more about the BNL co-op.

Lacrosse meeting reveals new details for the first co-op season

Dec 11, 2019
Reflecting on varsity volleyball season; looking at future goals

Reflecting on varsity volleyball season; looking at future goals

Charlotte Calmes and Laynee Scheck
Nov 14, 2019
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