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The newest characters on the scene at Charlotte High School's Character Day Thursday — part of this year's homecoming week festivities — were the Three Blind Referees (aka junior Bryce Douglas, senior Alice Horton and junior Chaz Taylor), in reference to the substitute referees who were seen in the news recently.

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Bananas and a bumble bee were the characters of choice for freshmen Nick Knowlton, Andrew Howard and Eric Ulchinski.

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Senior Reid Helgemo, junior Adrian Ivankovic, senior Derrick Lamb and sophomore Tyler Pasho strike a pose depicting their characters while at lunch.

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Junior Kempton Shipman, senior Cody Cope and sophomore Niko Saladino opted to come dressed as motocross racers, which they actually do in their free time.

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Freshmen Becca Schmidt and Leeya Powell were in awe of the zombie makeup worn by senior Eddie Perez for Character Day.

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The Sun Drops, freshmen Leah Huffman, Kendall Chavaria and Kristin Knowlton, with their very own land shark, Marissa Williams.

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Characters of all sorts made vocal class with Jaci Cushman a bit more interesting Thursday for Character Day.

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Dressed as Mulan, senior Brynleigh Benak is surrounded by freshmen cowboys and cowgirls and a junior baseball player, Jimmy Flowers, Shaina Miller, Wyatt Edwards, Kasey Martin and Hunter Pressley.

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Sophomore Ravenn Gossett came dressed as Cindy Lou Who from the popular movie “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”

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Senior Gina Parris chose to be a batwoman for her last year of homecoming activities at Charlotte High in Punta Gorda.