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 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, Christine Nemeth 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. In 2007 the World Guard placed 4th place and Won the World Championship in 2008, replacing the 10 time Scholastic World Champions, James Logan Hs.