18. November 2011  
Las Palmas, Gran Canaria  
Happy Gymnastics

For the 51st time: BLUME Gran Canaria - greets the gymnast of the World!

Gran Canaria
waits for the guests!

After the great anniversary celebrations for the 50th time of the festival in 2010 now again the participants are on the way to it: From November 24th to December 2nd 2011 the "Island of the everlasting spring" presents for the 51st time the gymnastics festival "BLUME GRAN CANARIA".

It again will be a colouful festival, divided into 34 gymnastics festivals in 6 different areas and cities on the Island, like Arucas, Ingenio, Las Palmas on Gran Canaria, Mogán, San Bartolomé de Tirajana and Telde, with more than 5,200 participants from 192 national and 40 international groups.

C. 720 international guests come from 12 different countries, mainly from central Europe, Scandinavia and Great Britain.

... a trademark
for a fascinating festival idea!

All islands of the Canary archipelago, except for El Hierro.
One year long the performances of gymnastics and dance for the Blume-Festival are also included in the physical education lessons in schools. It is a great honour for the participants when the best ones then present their performances at the festival.

This way, gymnastics is brought to the younger generations in a very efficiant way and it can be an example for many other countries in Europe and all over the World.

The BLUME-organisers also were mainly involved in the network "EUROPEAN GYM FESTIVALS" and still belong to it and look for further new partners for this network of national and international events.
For one week ** GRAN CANARIA will be the capital of gymnastics and sports tourism from Nov. 24th - Dec. 2nd 2011.

One of the honourary guests this year again will be the former gymnast of Germany's national team, Ronny ZIESMER. He became an ambassador of the festival on his first visit in 2005, one year after his accident. (- see photo on the right with a group of gymnasts from Great Britain in Maspalomas) and now uses many opportunites to promote the festival.

Many more guest from Germany  came to the BLUME-festival, among them many groups and top clubs also from elite sports from the city of Leipzig and the area Saarland and Olympic champion Klaus KÖSTE as ambassador for the city of Jahn Freyburg/Unstrut, ...

 ... or the current Vice- World Champion Philipp BOY in 2004 with his training group from Cottbus at a time when he wouldn't even dream about his future success...!
<< Philipp Boy in the Sports Palace of Las Palmas

Blume Gran Canaria - that is a special opportunity for competing gymnasts and their clubs to perform without pressure, to relax at the beach and in the sun and to present small show performances.

More and more international guests come to this "Festival of hearts" and its' unifying ideas!

On WEDNESDAY, November 23rd 2011 the organisers invite to a press conference:
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7:00 p.m., Gimnasio Las Palmas,
Juan Manuel Duran, 6-4
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

There will be presented many information by representatives of the Canarian sports, the BLUME- Organising Committee and members of the participating delegations of the 51st BLUME-Festival.

The BLUME-organisers wish the participants from all over the World a good trip to the festival!