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Although not comparable in size and dimension, the 62^nd edition of the BLUME-FESTIVAL de Gran Canaria, as the smaller Spanish sister, does not look so small compared to the 43 German gymnastics festivals in German sports history to date (since 1860)! Reason enough to maintain the long-standing contacts and co-operation with each other. The ‘International German Gymnastics Festival’ Leipzig 2025 sent two of its ambassadors to Gran Canaria to engage in a lively exchange of ideas and inform the Blume Festival participants from 15 European nations about the upcoming major event in Leipzig (GER) at the end of May next year.

A warm Sunday evening in the Yumbo business centre in the Canary Islands tourist metropolis of Maspalomas:
Long before the Opening Gala of the 62^nd BLUME FESTIVAL 2024, the seats were highly coveted and occupied and island television also broadcast the festive contributions of the guests from 15 countries. They had all prepared diverse and new programmes and show contributions. The content included traditional folklore from the guest berbers, choreographed dances with a variety of gymnastics and acrobatics, as well as daring pyramid constructions and breathtaking trampoline jumps ...

Shortly before the 62^nd edition of the BLUME Festival, the president of the GIMNASIO LAS PALMAS sports club, Cornelio Ortega MARTINEZ, passed away at the age of 76. The commendable sports teacher was an irreplaceable organiser of this unique popular sports event until the very end, having been an active gymnast when it was founded in 1960 and later becoming an almost trusted assistant and man of practice alongside the legendary Canarian gymnastics father Jesus Telo Nuñez, who founded the festival and named it after the Spanish folk hero Joaquín BLUME, who died in an accident ...: