03. December 2018  
Las Palmas, ESP  
BLUME 2018

BLUME Festival Resume 2018: Where are international limits ...?

Jesus Telo among the foreign Festival guests

"Where are BLUME international limits...?

... asks the Spanish Chief Organizer Jesús Telo Rodríguez:
About 1,050 foreign gymnasts from 65 groups and 20 different countries Amazing to welcome such numbers of foreign visitors every year. What is the secret? I think we substantiate our progress in 3 main pilars:
♦ First is the confidence for our gymnasts, that BLUME GRAN CANARIA takes place always during the last week of November and the program is established and our teams can planned their participation with enough time.
♦ Second are the excellent flight and direct connections with more than 40 European and African airports. Additionally the low cost and good quality flights have incorporated the economic option that makes for the teams easier to travel in big groups.

♦ Third and surely very attractive option to make gymnastics during the winter period.
Our gymnasts making gymnastics in the evening shows with 20 °C is our brand identification. The combination to share gymnastics with sun and beach is marvelous for our visitors. It is simply magic when our gymnastics community is enjoying our sports in such an environment and makes BLUME GRAN CANARIA unique.

                A boule game for relaxing under the palm trees on the beach,
            less than 100 meters from Festival Hotel Beverly Park!

Tailored program for the groups and individuals
You wish to exercise your body, relaxed with QiGong, move with dances or gymnastics?
All these options can be discovered in the international event. The festival has allowed all of them to participate in international workshops with the objective that trainers and instructors from different countries could exchange their knowledge, especially in terms of different gymnastic techniques. And the groups have the possibility to show their capabilities in a friendly environment and without any pressure for the team in the 9 stages along the island.
Specially the outdoors stages are selected by the teams to enjoy the atmosphere to make gymnastics outdoors during the winter time. Where in Europe can be done? specially when the cold and grey November days are reducing the day time.

... a Festival for young generation and People in the "Golden Age"!

We complement for the youngsters the friendly competition in several gymnastics disciplines to support their good preparation in gymnastics. We have introduce rhythmic gymnastics, aerobics, TeamGym, Trampolining and Judo with such a big participation that we need to adapt our possibilities to the new challenges.

♦ Who could imagine,
that the initial idea of our father of gymnastics,
- Jesús Telo Nuñez Sr. (1926 - 2008),  to set up a gymnastics festival in Gran Canaria, in homage to our fourtimes European Champion gymnast, Joaquín Blume, who died in a plane crash in 1959 with his wife and the rest of the Spanish team would develop in such a way ...?

♦ As every last week of the month of November,
the BLUME GRAN CANARIA will return again next year 2019, from November 23 - 30, with the aim to welcome so many gymnasts from around the world as possible.

 

 


+ BLUME Organizing Committee
    - Gimnasio Las Palmas -
Jesús Telo Rodríguez

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