21. November 2010  
Maspalomas, Gran Canaria  
Happy Gymnastics

50. Blume festival opened with a ceremonious gala

The 50th jubilee festival 'BLUME GRAN CANARIA' in honor of the spanish European champion Joaquin Blume which had an fatal accident 51 years ago, was opened on today's sunday in the jumbo mall by Maspalomas with a spectacular gala.
Before the town councilor and the chief organizer Jesús Telo pointed out the worldwide radiation of this event and the great importance for the sport on the Canaries and for whole Spain.

Eight groups from 6 countries formed an inspiring, festive and colorful program and represented more than 5,000 participants, among them more than 800 foreign guests of three continents.
The gala started with folkloric dances of the Canary Islands.

Canrian folkloristic ouvertuere ...

The SC Lerchenberg from Mainz in Germany brought a colorful, exotic animal history, leant to the successful cartoon of 'Madagascar'...:
The arrogant lion Alex, the cheeky zebra Marty, the constantly panic giraffe Melman and the diva-like Nile horse's lady Gloria come along on the way to a 'day trip' from her zoo captivity, out in the world, and land unexpectedly.... in Africa.

... colorfull fancy dresses, a good choreography and an animalistic amusing presentation!

Marty, Alex, Gloria, Melman ....in action!

Faces of the evening: Generations, history and more ...!

A big delegation of 37 came from the Slovenian coastal village Sistra, 'SK FLIP Piran', with some special and different presentations

... also the participants of the EuroTeam Gym competition, the 'Scarborough All Stars' performed a show program on the stage