BLUME Gran Canaria was a 'Festival with Heart' again

Chief-Organizer Jesus Telo among the activities

The 53 GYM Festival BLUME Gran Canaria in 2013 finished with a five-digit record number of foreign visitors! There were new competitions in the colorful program and the participation by thousands of participants of the Canary Islands themselves - from young to old - and the integration of athletic and cultural programs in the everyday life of the population was impressive and can be an example for the whole of Europe!
In a GYMmedia exclusive interview BLUME-OC chief Jesus TELO Rodriguez saw this as a first result of the successful cross-linking by the community of interests of the "European GYM Festival" (EGF), whose founding members include the Spanish BLUME organizers as well as the Svabian. Gymnastics Federation and the Italian "Festival del Sole".

An indispensable part of this special spirit "Festival with Heart" is the Canarian folklore. Every year growing up the numbers of participants underline the sustainable visibility of BLUME Festival idea among the people! Jesus Telo in the middle, instead of just taking ...!

Jesus TELO,
OC Chief Blume Gran Canaria

* GYMmedia exclusive Interview with
Jesus Telo Rodriguez, BLUME OC-Chief
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?? - How would the balance of 53 GYM Festival BLUME Gran Canaria ?
We are absolutely satisfied with 2013 BLUME Gran Canaria! The number of participants and the number of participating countries has developed positively. With more than 1,000 participants from abroad this year we have reached a new record! With three new international tournaments, we have the gymnastics disciplines Artistic Gymnastics Men and Women, Rhythmic Gymnastics and TeamGym represented shiny. The feedback was encouraging and we will continue this development. It was the necessary range for the youth, who was able to combine competition , gymnastic and social gatherings during the picturesque days. It emerged the international gymnastics friendships and the calendar for 2014 is filled with encounters. The international character of the festival has been confirmed again.
The local groups, especially from the Canary Islands, have also increased. The interest especially of Lanzarote, La Palma and Tenerife was huge. From Lanzarote alone were 12 groups and this number of participants we had not experienced to date. The selection of this year was particularly attractive for the local groups. Our workshops at IGF50 + were well attended, Not only because of the numerous international nature of the instructors and instructors, but also because of the attractive content. There were real encounters the generations!

.... only because of the extremely popular gymnastics here the BLUME Festival is a hot spot for international clubs, to come here!

?? - There were also some new content. Will continue?
New were the two international tournaments Artistic Gymnastics Men and women and Rhythmic gymnastics. The youth had required and had asked for it and we are come to meet them. We will evaluate the results at the next meeting OK in January 2014 and our aim is to continue this.

?? - What surprised you most positive at this year's festival ... and where there are reserves?
The number of participants from abroad, such as the number of participating countries has certainly surprised us. We had such delegation from Germany or Danmark with more than 250 gymnasts doing. For example: the 110 coveted places for the Danish DGI delegation in mid-May in just 15 minutes after the announcement away! If we take into account the current difficult environment, then you can be completely satisfied by BLUME Gran Canaria 2013. Important for the OC BLUME Gran Canaria in 2013 was, that the participants are again returned home with a satisfied smile. Even that alone we have reached our goal!

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?? - B L U M E is one of the founders of the network "European GYM Festival" (EGF). What is there to continue this development?
The EGF Network is a future-oriented idea and is certainly one of the reasons for the successful promotion of our international festivals. We will meet again in Germany at the beginning of the 2014-2016 planning insurance. The development is to bring about the inclusion of the next Gym Festival organizers and as is well ensured by the wide spread of the internet platform by the GYMmedia portals.
This new GYM-Community is online already, we try to apply modern social networks to turn our community up to date and to use online. Since BLUME Gran Canaria is also a "Member of GYMfamily", this global network is very efficient!
An example of this: 3 hours after the online offer of the notification documents our EGF partner and Italian friends from the "Festival del Sole" had already reserved all groups and more than 4,000 participants! This means: Our networking European gymnastics community reacted promptly to this meaningful networking and accepts the offer. Meanwhile, there have been requests for cooperation from New Zealand, Thailand, Scandinavia and even from Nessebar, Bulgaria ...! We can only say to all GYM Organizers: Join in ...!

?? - Looking ahead: What are the main points of work on the way to 54^th GYM-Festival BLUME Gran Canaria? Are there already new ideas ...?
The draft program for BLUME Gran Canaria 2014 is fixed and we will get 21 to 29 November 2014 meeting in Gran Canaria. It is already worth this date in the World CYM Calendar 2014 to enter, so as not to miss especially the registration deadlines. Vacation dates is also planning any long term - and: A BLUME-participation is much more beautiful than holiday! Some new ideas we should keep as a surprise initially hold back, but we can today publish a new "International Aerobics Tournament" under the direction of Barbara Stengl (GER) and Yaiza Castellanos (ESP).
But what we must ensure is: BLUME Gran Canaria remains the FESTIVAL WITH HEART.

* The interview was conducted by E. Herholz, GYMmedia INTERNATIONAL
with Jesus Telo Rodriguez, OC-Chief GYM-Festival BLUME Gran Canaria

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