Fire.CloudEDITION 2 / JULY 2010

welcome...Hello again and welcome to the secondedition of our newsletter! This has been anexciting time at Fire.Cloud. We’ve beenworking with our talented interns Julie andFiona to design a number of new innovativeprojects in art, film and music and, thanks to you we wereawarded £1,000 of new funding. Preparations are also in full swingto celebrate our upcoming ‘birthday’. We’re throwing a party onFriday July 30th July at MUSE in Queen Street, Glasgow to marktwo years since we officially set up as an organisation. It promisesto be a fun night and if you’d like to come along, let us know atenquiries@fire-cloud.org - we’ll be revealing a brand new artworkat this event so we hope you’ll come along and take a peek!

Suzanne BunnissFire.Cloud Director

contactWant to know more about Fire.Cloud stuff?

• There’s loads of info at www.fire-cloud.org

• Follow us on Twitter (Firecloud1) and Facebook (Fire.Cloud)

• Finally, If you have any ideas, thoughts, or something you thinkwe should hear about let us know at enquiries@fire-cloud.org

Suzanne Bunniss

intention of the month Over the coming months we’ll be deciding how to spend therecent prize money and learning how to work creatively andsupportively with our new interns on their developing projects.

Please pray with and for us that can make wise, well-informeddecisions and support the gifts and talents of all those whocontribute to our growing community. Thank you!

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a winning voteof confidence…Many of you took the time to vote forthe story Joan entered in Aviva’s TellYour Story competition online. Yourefforts won us £1,000 and made useligible to win a £10,000 grand prize.This will be decided next month by ajudging panel including OlympianSally Gunnell. Thank you so much formaking this happen, we’ve beenso touched by your support.

What you spend yearsbuilding may be destroyedovernight. Build anyway.

Kent M. Keith (1961)

fire.cloud factsWe don’t say the dot... in this dotcom world everything reads likea website address, but not the Fire.Cloud name. The dot is toseparate the words with a touch of graphic style; it has so muchpazazz we don’t even say it out loud ;-)

introducing...NAME: Joan Beattie

ROLE AT FC: Dance Director & Arts Development

JOAN’S MOST MEMORABLE FC MOMENT:

“At ‘An Evening With Fire.Cloud’ the children in

the audience started singing along with Band For

Lent’s version of ‘Use Somebody’ by Kings Of

Leon. It was a beautiful moment and I truly felt

the Holy Spirit in the room. I had goose bumps.”

FC SAYS:“Joan is one of thoseimaginative souls withbags of talent who alsoloves to have fun. She isa gifted dancer andchoreographer and hercreative input toFire.Cloud is invaluable.Joan always comes upwith something a wee bit special; she’s an

incredible blessing at Fire.Cloud.”

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