2nd March 2010 SLOT 100TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER -
TICKETS NOW ON SALE To begin the celebration of our Centenary year, we are hosting a
Dinner Dance on March 27th in the Springfield Hotel, Leixlip,
Co.Kildare.
Present at the function will be invited guests, a mixture of past and
present members of the band, along with friends and supporters.
A limited number of tickets are now available for general sale.
They are priced @ €50 per ticket.
The evening will entail some short presentation's, a performance by the
band and a chance to buy our book which will be officially launched on
the night.
There are also a number of tickets available for the afters (9.30 pm
onwards), which are priced @ €10 each.
To arrange your tickets, please contact us :
Terry Tully -
or
Keith O'Malley -
1st March 2010 [UPDATED] SLOT 2010 "The band" for the 2010 season..........minus a few members who
couldn't be there for the photo.
Click on the images to enlarge.
8th February 2010 MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010 - JUDGING
PANEL The judging allocations for Grade One at the Major Championships
for the 2010 season.
Scottish
British
European
World
- MSR
World
- Medley
Cowal
P1
Lawrie
Hutcheon
Wark
Wilson
Campbell
Edgar
P2
Ronaldson
Sloane
Cardwell
Ingram
Dear
Moles
D
Parkes
Craig
Steele
Baxter
Russell
Noble
E
MacKenzie
Aitken
Clark
MacInnes
Snaddon
Shepherd
5th February 2010 PERSONAS - CUSTOMISE YOUR FIREFOX BROWSER Personas are easy-to-install, easy-to-use themes that change the
look of your Firefox web browser.
For SLOT fans,here's some samples..........click on any of the images
below to go to the one of your choice.
** Please note : you must be running Firefox
3.6 to user them - click on the link to install it.
5th February 2010 KINGDOM THISTLE SOLO PIPING &
DRUMMING The Kingdom Thistle
Solo Piping & Drumming Competition will be held on April 17th at
Lochgelly High School.
It will feature events ranging from under-13 to Senior.
Closing date for entries is April 2nd.
Kingdom Thistle consists of a committee of non-playing pipe band
members.
The organisation is led by Paul Brown, a drummer with St. Laurence
O'Toole Pipe Band and a product of Bob Shepherd's famed Ballingry
School system that was the basis of the Dysart & Dundonald,
Lochgelly High School and Ballingry bands over the years.
"Fife has always been a breeding
ground for successful bands over the years and some of the world's top
bands past and present feature Fife players," said Brown.
"Now we want to give young people from Fife the
opportunity to play and feature in local events."
2nd February 2010 ULSTER SOLOS - MONKSTOWN COMMUNITY
SCHOOL
Please note the Ulster Solos will be held on the 17th April and
not the 24th as previously indicated - this is because of another
function in the school.
Entry form can be downloaded here
9th December SLOT COLLAGE POSTER - CELEBRATING 100
YEARS OF HISTORY To celebrate the upcoming 100th anniversary of the band in
2010,we have
put together a collage poster of images from the past one hundred years.
Perfect for dressing up any wall, this is the perfect size for maximum
visual impact (35" x 23"), or instantly creating a theme for a room.
Images look great on this high-quality poster, printed on heavyweight 7
mil semi-gloss paper using superior dye inks.
Treat yourself or give as a gift.
Now
available to purchase direct from our Cafepress site.
http://www.cafepress.com/slotpb.10073009
Price :
EU €21.50
US $25.99
UK £18.59
Click on the image for a larger version and to get a proper feel of how
it
will look.
27th October WORLD SOLO DRUMMING - RESULTS
Congratulation to SLOT lead drummer, Stephen Creighton, on his
placing at the recent World Drumming Championship in Glasgow........
and also to the other SLOT drummers that made into the semi finals -
Conor McNally, Conor Sherry and Mikey McKenna.
Full results for all grades can be found on the RSPBA
website
Overall Result
1 - Barry Wilson
2 - Steven McWhirter
3 - Gordon Brown
4 - Blair Brown
5 - Stephen Creighton
6 - Reid Maxwell
MSR
1 - Barry Wilson
2 - Steve McWhirter
3 - Blair Brown
4 - Gordon Brown
5 - Stephen Creighton
6 - William Glenholmes
Judges: Gordon Craig, Greg Dinsdale, Jim Hutton, Ciaran Mordaunt
Hornpipe & Jig
1 - Gordon Brown
2 - Barry Wilson
3 - Steven McWhirter
4 - Stephen Creighton
5 - Reid Maxwell
6 - Blair Brown
Judges: Alistair Aitken, Jim Baxter, Gordon Parkes, Sandy Steele
12th October SLOT - WORLDS 2009 - MSR Found this on Youtube, definitely worth a look ;-)
The SLOT MSR..........Highland Wedding,Athole Cummers and MacAllister's
Dirk 11th October PIPER OF THE YEAR - ADAIR ARMS
HOTEL,BALLYMENA
Congratulations to Alen Tully on
being crowned Piper of the Year
with wins in both MSR and Hornpipe &Jig competitions, to Kevin
Rogers who finished runner-up overall and also to Philip Tasker who was
runner-up to Alen in the H&J.
Judge for all events was James Murry who also entertained the crowd
with a recital.
MSR
1 - Alen Tully
2 - Kevin Rogers
3 - Andrew Carlisle
4 - Jonathan Greenlees
Hornpipe & Jig
1 - Alen Tully
2 - Philip Tasker
Piobaireachd
1 - Andrew Carsile
2 - Jonathan Greenlees
3 - Kevin Rogers
24th September ST.LAURENCE O' TOOLE PIPE BAND - NEW
GRADE 4B / DEVELOPMENT BAND BEING FORMED
Do you aspire to eventually playing at the highest level - Grade
1 ?
Do you also have kids who would like to learn pipes or drums ?
Then this is the perfect opportunity to become part of one of the most
successful pipe bands in the World today.
We are now setting up a development band with a view to competing in
grade 5.
We are hoping to teach kids / young adults from scratch. All they need
is enthusiasm !
Excellent tuition will be provided.
Please email us for more details -
21st September ALL IRELAND SOLOS
Contratulations to Stephen Creighton and Kevin Rogers on winning
the Senior Drumming and "B" Piobaireachd events.
Alen Tully and Rachel Corr for their runner-up spots in the Senior
Piping and "B" Piobaireachd events, and to Paul Brown for his third
placing in the Intermediate Drumming.
Click below to hear Stephen's winning
MSR
To hear the rest of the performances from the Senior Drumming event -
see Gus Sicard's website - www.gusweb.org
29th August COWAL CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULT : GRADE
ONE
Once again the band gave another solid performance at the final major
of the year,
which secured the runner up spot.
See the RSPBA
site for full details of all grades.
1 - Field Marshal Montgomery
2 - St.Laurence O'Toole
3 - The House of Edgar Shotts & Dykehead
4 - Strathclyde Police
5 - Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia
6 - Scottish Power
Best Drums - The House of Edgar Shotts & Dykehead 15th August WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS : GRADE
ONE With a third place finish overall, SLOT became the first band
in
over a decade to break into the top three.
SFU annexed their second World's title in a row and also took the
drumming for the second year in succesion.
The big news early in the day was the shock that the 78th Fraser's
had not made it out of the morning qualifier.
Without a doubt,the greatest success of the event was the live
streaming of the
entire Grade One by the BBC - meaning those that unable to attend could
experience the event from the comfort of their armchair......with a few
bevvies,no doubt ;-)
Currently, the entire G1 medley selections from the final and the
morning qualifier MSR's are available to view...........the MSR's from
the final will be available soon.
To see the SLOT Medley and MSR in
extremely
high quality from the BBC webcast - click here
A review of the top bands is also available on Pipeline - hosted
by Gary West and joined in studio by Andrew Berthoff.
Click below to hear an extract of the band from the program Grade
1 Overall 1 - Simon Fraser University
2 - Field Marshal Montgomery
3 - St.Laurence O'Toole
4 - Strathclyde Police
5 - House of Edgar-Shotts & Dykehead
6 - Boghall & Bathgate
Drumming : Simon Fraser University See the RSPBA
site for full details of all grades.
26th July EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULT : GRADE
ONE
Contratulations to our drum corps on
being crowned European Champions
for 2009 - their second win of the season
Well done to all ;-)
The band also gave another solid performance which secured second place
overall.
See the RSPBA
site for full details of all grades.
Grade 1
1 - Field Marshal Montgomery
2 - St.Laurence O'Toole
3 - The House of Edgar Shotts & Dykehead
4 - Strathclyde Police
5 - Scottish Power
6 - Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia
Best Drums - St.Laurence O'Toole
The SLOT performance..............once again,thanks to Alex at webwisewbusiness
;-)
4th July ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONSHIPS : RESULT
After two years of wins by SLOT, a third was not to be,unfortunately.
FMM reclaimed the title with wins
overall in both MSR (ensemble preference) and Medley.
Congratulations to Stephen and his corp on retaining the drumming
championship.
Best Drums - St.Laurence O'Toole
Best Bass & Tenor Section - St.Laurence O'Toole
The SLOT performance..............thanks to Damien Russell of Black
Raven Pipe Band
for the vid.
See the RSPBA
site for full result details of all grades.
27th June BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULT : GRADE
ONE
The band gave another solid performance at the second major of the year
which secured third place overall.
See the RSPBA
site for full details of all grades.
1 - Field Marshal Montgomery
2 - The House of Edgar Shotts & Dykehead
3 - St.Laurence O'Toole
4 - Strathclyde Police
5 - Scottish Power
6 - Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia
Best Drums - Field Marshal Montgomery
The SLOT performance..............thanks to Alex at webwisewbusiness
for the vid........excellent quality ;-)
15th June MID-ULSTER CHAMPIONSHIPS : COOKSTOWN Result from the above competition held on Saturday 13th June.
Best Drums - St.Laurence O'Toole
Best Bass & Tenor Section - St.Laurence O'Toole
The winning performance..............thanks again to broomhill1
on
youtube for the vid ;-)
29th May SLOT - FROM THE ARCHIVES
As
this season sees the band play it's 20th year in what is
considered the modern Grade One arena,an mp3 of the band's first foray
into the grade from way back
then seems pretty appropriate.
Recorded
at the 1989 All-Ireland Championships in Newcastle,Co.Down.
The tunes : Allan Dall MacLeod - The Shepherd's Crook - The Boys Of
Malin - Lord Ramsay's Reel - The Ass In The Graveyard - Paddy Clancy's
Jig - Queen Of The Rushes : Jig - Queen Of The Rushes : Hornpipe 17th May SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIPS,DUMBARTON -
RESULTS
Contratulations to our drum corps on
being crowned Scottish Champions
for 2009 - all the more remarkable as this was the band's new MSR set
getting it's first airing !
Well done to all ;-)
The band, as a unit, played extremely well on the day and finished a
solid runner-up to FMM.
Thanks to Jason Lafferty for the pic below of L/D Stephen Creighton
receiving the drumming award.
Full results for all grades can be found on the RSPBA
website.
Grade 1 1 - Field Marshal Montgomery 2 - St.Laurence O'Toole 3 - House of Edgar-Shotts &
Dykehead 4 - Strathclyde Police 5 - Boghall & Bathgate 6 - Scottish Power Best Drumming: St.Laurence O'Toole
Judges: Andrew Wright and James Wark
(piping), W. Goodall (drumming) and
Alistair Aitken (ensemble)
The performance..........
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Video footage
of the band is now available on youtube.......spanning 1988 to 2009.
Go direct to our Youtube
channels from the links below -
Merchandise
is available for both SLOT fans and the pipe band enthusiast alike.
Below is a
small selection of what's available - please click on any image below
for
more details.
To see the
full range click here
The Kingdom Thistle
Solo Piping & Drumming Competition will be held on April 17th at
Lochgelly High School. 
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