Friday - Weltgymnaestrada - Day 6 The EGF Idea sparks Interest at the Gymnaestrada in Lausanne ...

Lene ELNIFF from Italian Festival del Sole and Blume-Chef Jesus TELO (ESP)

Jesus Telo, the chief-organizer of the Spanish BLUME-Gran Canaria festival, was overwhelmed by the general interest: "I believe, a lot of European and global festival organizers are infected now from our idea of an international cooperation. That's what the new association of "European GYM Festivals" (EGF) - which we founded last year - wants!"- so the Spaniard said to the EGF press conference, which was held at the World Gymnaestrada in Lausanne.
The E G F was started by the Swabian "GymFestival" organizers", the Italian "Festival del Sole" and "Blume Gran Canaria Festival".
"We disposed here more than 15,000 flyers and arranged a special press conference, to promote our EGF idea, and we attracted worldwide attention, because a better communication is very important for a global understanding in a modern world!

EGF-PRESS CONFERENCE at the World Gymnaestrada 2011
The three Charter Members of the 'European GYM Fesivals', from left to right: Robert BAUR (GymFestival Stuttgart), Lene ELNIFF (Festival del Sole, Riccione, Italy) und Jesus TELO (Blume-Gran Canaria)

* ... next: > Final Day 7: FIG Gala & Closing ceremony

" Get Together"!
At the stand of Blume Festival Gran Canaria in Lausanne - one of the EGF charter member, together with GymFestival Stuttgart as well as the Italian "Festival del Sole" - daily at 4 p.m. many vistors and heads of delegation come for talks and inspirations, seeking for better possibilities for a global network of GYM festivals: the new EGF idea gives them o new chance.
Jesus Telo (ESP) is happy about the first concrete relationships, for instance with the Danish Festival organizers from Ejsberg (2013), from Greece (Peristeri 2012), the Czech Republik (SOKOL 2013) and from Finland ("SunSvoli").

'Communikation, that's all!! - The three EGF charter members, Robert Baur (GER; left), Lene Elniff (ITA; 2nd from right) and Jesus Telo (ESP; middle) at the meeting at the EGF stand with the Danish representatives from Ejsberg, (Festival 2013), Dorte With (2nd from left) and Anders Kragh Jespersen (right.)

First result of the new cooperation and partnership was the visit of two Spanish groups one week before at the "GymFestival 2011" in the Sabian metropole Stuttgart by the "Gimnasio Las Palmas" and the "Grupo Loli Perez".

The next EGF-Meeting will held in Paris sein, during the ISCA-Congress (2011, October 19 - 23).
At the EGF-Agenda will be the formulation of general working priciples, but also the admission of more members and their events into an "EGF Calendar 2011/12".
Not also from the view of the BLUME GRAN CANARIA Organizers these EGF praesentations here in Lausanne were mor than a good start of an phantastic new idea!

* On the website >> www.gymfestivals.eu and in the media network with the "European GYMnastics Service "GYMmedia INTERNATIONAL" will publish the next steps and more information within a short time ...

... what's happen more today in Lausanne (Day 6, Friday, July 15:

CITY PERFORMANCES, everywhere!
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The Danish Group'Bellinge Gymnasts' on the stage of the Place de la Navigation' nearby the port

.... and after than their cool presentation for the Gymnaestrada Chronicle!

.. the Czech Group 'CAUS' after its stage performance, absolutely happy and relaxed, posturing for our GYMmedia camera.

Millions of such pictures will produced at these Gymnaestrada days:
at many places and stages here in Lausanne, like by these Brits fom the 'L & G' club, during their performance'Hairspray'

* ... next: >> Final Day 7: FIG Gala & Closing Ceremony

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