- April 8, 2026
The Starlets perform "The Tree of Memories" on April 6. Photo by Brent Woronoff
The Starlets perform their show, The Tree of Memories, which they have been practicing since November. Photo by Brent Woronoff
The Starlets perform at FPC on April 6 before departing for the WGI Color Guard World Championships. Photo by Brent Woronoff
The Starlets perform their show, The Tree of Memories. Photo by Brent Woronoff
The Starlets perform their show in advance of the WGI Color Guard World Championships in Dayton, Ohio. Photo by Brent Woronoff
The Starlets will attend the WGI Color Guard World Championships for the first time. Photo by Brent Woronoff
The Starlets perform on April 6 at FPC before departing for the WGI Color Guard World Championships. Photo by Brent Woronoff
The Starlets' final performance before departing for the WGI Color Guard World Championships. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Starlets perform Tree of Memories for community members before departing for Dayton, Ohio. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Starlets coach Lauren Albert introduces the performance. Photo by Brent Woronoff
The JV Starlets earned a bronze medal on March 28 at the Florida Federation of Colorguards Circuit Championships in the Coast One Division. Courtesy photo
The Flagler Palm Coast High School Starlets color guard and dance team was ready to head up to Dayton, Ohio, to compete in the Winter Guard International Color Guard World Championships, April 8-12. But first, the Starlets presented a sendoff performance on April 6 for the community.
This is the first time a Flagler County high school color guard team is competing at the World Championships, Starlets coach Lauren Albert said.
The Starlets’ routine is titled, Tree of Memories, inspired by two trees on the FPC campus. Albert told the story of the trees before the performance. The first tree is outside of the 800 gym. Before moving to a portable a few years ago, the Starlets would run “laps” from the gym to the tree and back. After the move, there was again one single tree, which was the only place in the vicinity of the portable that provided shade, Albert said. The trees are a symbol of family, the Starlets’ roots, she said.
There are 14 members of the varsity team that is competing Dayton. Nine are seniors. Albert looked up Google maps for the coordinates of their shade tree and gave all of the seniors the coordinates as a keepsake.
“We all know the tree,” senior co-captain Kayleigh Labazzetta said. “And we all have our own memories that are coming together. I feel like I created a lot of friendships through my four years here, a lot of memories. And I really feel like that connects us all.”
They have been practicing their show since November, after marching band season, for three hours a day, three times a week, co-captain Emma Sares said.
They will be competing at the world championships on the A Class level. They will try to make it through preliminaries to semifinals and finals. They also have tickets to watch the World Class level competitions.
While many of the Starlet seniors have been involved in color guard since middle school, Allie Sims, the only sophomore on the varsity team, is in just her second year doing color guard/dance.
“We have nine seniors out of 14 on the team, so it just felt like a really big honor to be picked as the only sophomore on our team and to be a part of their last year,” she said.
The JV Starlets also competed recently, earning a bronze medal on March 28 at the Florida Federation of Colorguards Circuit Championships in the Coast One Division. The team’s show titled, “Nothing Without Her,” was focused on confidence and the understanding that you can do anything you put your mind to, Albert said.
