Once Bernd Auerhammer himself was a pupil of the Nicolaus Copernicus Gymnasium in Weissenhorn (Bavaria), where he was also infected by the "Rockodiles" bacillus.
Today, the Munich sports teacher leads his own acrobatics group of pupils of the "European School" Munich for the first time to the BLUME festival, even though he himself has never been here. "There is already a piece of" old school "of my former teacher Richard Wieser in it," said the Munich pedagogue, who sees this year's BLUME premiere as a contribution to the 40th anniversary year of the "European School Munich" in Germany.
Whether it can turn out to be such a tradition for decades, like that of the Gymnasium of Weissenhorn ...?
Begeisterte Schüler der Europäischen Schule München vom europäischen Festival-Flair und natürlich auch von den Dünen von Maspalomas
In any case, the "European idea" is - almost exemplary - in both projects
European School Munich & BLUME Festival
<< The European School Munich (ESM) is one of 14 schools in the European Schools system recognized as official educational institutions and jointly supervised by EU governments.
The objective is to provide multilingual and multicultural education for kindergarten children and primary and secondary school students.
If one looks at the objectives of this Munich educational institution, there are almost identical contents with the festival philosophy, for instance .:
→ Strengthen confidence in one's own cultural identity and cultural heritage as a basis for development towards a European and cultivate intercultural cooperation;
→ Develop physical skills by participating in sports activities and games;
→ Provide role models to acquire a healthy lifestyle;
→ Appreciation of the important cultural heritage of our European civilization.
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This and more offers an active week in the culturally diverse BLUME festival community here on the island for the Munich students, who now experience in Praxi the mix of European nations, as people of different cultural, religious and ethnic orientation come together in tolerance, communicate and shape life. In the sixth decade, nothing else wants to communicate the philosophy of the BLUME "Festival with Heart".
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The European School Munich was founded in 1977 in an era when European integration was both a desirable goal and a shared dream. It has proven itself over time and is an educational institution that values all European languages and the cultural diversity of Europe. Nothing fits in better with the great European philosophy of the BLUME GRAN CANARIA FESTIVAL, which is exemplary and - throughout Europe - linked to the national education system of the Canary Islands.
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For the future, one could only wish that the European School Munich would make this festival visit a solid, annual tradition in the future - in the interest of coming, European-thinking, feeling and acting student generations!
Then the seed of the educator Richard Wieser would have risen through his ex-pupil Bernd Auerhammer ...!
* gymmedia / "European Gymnastics Service"
E. Herholz (Fotos: B. Auerhammer)