Color Guard
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History
| The Flanagan Winter Guards were founded in 1996, the same year as the school. After a successful first marching band season, the instruction of Tim Lee helped to bring the guard to the indoor performance arena. For the first several years of its existence, the winter guard competed exclusively in the South Florida Winter Guard Association circuit, initially in the Novice class. Within two years, the group was promoted to A class, that’s to the continued efforts of Tim |
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Lee, and the technical assistance of Nikki Drake, a former captain of the Cooper City High School Color Guard. During its third year, the guard branched out into competition on the regional level, making appearances at the Winter Guard International Regionals in both Tampa and Miami, Florida. Each performance brought a new level of success and recognition. By the 1998 season, the program had expanded to two units, competing in the A and Novice classes. Through out the next few years the guard continued to grow under the instruction of Daniel Helton, Bradley Watkins, Ricky Garcia, and Amy Hernandez. In 2001, Dean Broadbent, Emma Roberts, Shawna Boone, and Hayden Rhodes moved to Pembroke Pines and stated teaching the Flanagan Color Guards. In 2002, the A guard and Open guard both moved up to the next highest level of competition. The Novice guard moved to B class where they stayed until 2004 where they were promoted to A class. The top guard moved to
| Scholastic Open class winning the SFWGA championship two years in a row as well as receiving the Bronze Metal at the Winter Guard International World Championships in Dayton, Ohio. The Open Guard was promoted to Scholastic World Class for 2004 and placed 8th at the World Championships in San Diego, California. The Flanagan World Guard has been a World Class Finalist ever since, placing 5th at the 2006 Championships, 4th at the 2007 Championships and winning WGI Scholastic World in 2008. Flanagan is the 5th school to ever win Scholastic World Class at WGI! |
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COLOR GUARD WINS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP! |
 The Flanagan High School World Guard won the championship of the 2008 WGI (Winter Guard International) Color Guard World Championships, held April 10-12 at the University of Dayton Arena in Ohio.
Flanagan High School became the first Florida high school to win the WGI Color Guard World Championships. This year marked the end a 10-year winning streak by James Logan High School (CA).
Led by music teacher Dean Broadbent, the 27-member Falcons team earned a score of 96.90 in the Scholastic World competition, outdistancing second-place finisher Avon High School (IN). Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (81.60) finished 14th in the same competition.
The 2008 Scholastic World competition, which featured 32 teams, represents the highest level of color guard competition, with teams demonstrating top skill sets. More than 500 high schools from across the nation participated in the 2008 WGI Color Guard World Championships.
Winter Guard International (WGI) is known as the "Sport of the Arts." It brings music to life through performance in a competitive format. WGI is the nonprofit youth organization leading the winter guard and indoor percussion activities. |
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Color Guard Achievements
- 2008 WGI Scholastic World CHAMPIONS
- 2008 Scholastic World SFWGA Champions
- 2007 Scholastic World SFWGA Champions
- 2007 WGI World Class Finalist
- 2006 Scholastic World SFWGA Champions
- 2006 WGI World Class Finalist
- 2005 Scholastic World SFWGA Champions
- 2005 WGI World Class Finalist
- 2004 Scholastic World SFWGA Champions
- 2004 WGI World Class Finalist
- 2003 WGI Scholastic Open Bronze Medalist
- 2003 Scholastic Open SFWGA Champions
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