Beo Competition Final - The gig!!

Photos taken by John Soffe from Letterkenny

Photos taken by Charlie Doherty from Letterkenny.

Buaiteoirí don comórtas!

Comhghairdeas do Bridgetown Vocational College!! Chuala muid “it was worth the 23hr round trip” ar clár Weekenders with Paddy Mc Kenna & Ruth Scott.

Thanks to our Judges: Jackie Hayden from Hotpress, Mary O’ Hagan from Today FM, Cian Mc Carthy from Radió na Life & The Dirty 9s, Paddy Mc Kenna from 2fm & Storyfold and Brian Fisher from Practice Make Perfect; our BEO bands on the night Jamican Vampires, The Dirty 9s, Storyfold & More Than Conquerors – THEY ROCKED!!

Last but not least, NA DALTAÍ:  gura míle maith agaibh do na scoileanna uilig a glacadh páirt sa comórtas BEO agus na daltaí  ó Coláiste Ailigh, St. Eunans & Loreto Convent a chuidigh linn ar an lá!!! Bhí lá ar dóigh againn agus bhain athan duine an-sult as!!!!

BEO Competition Final May 11th 2012

Great BEO Plug from Paddy Mc Kenna on 2fm!

Listen to Weekenders with Paddy Mc Kenna and Ruth Scott on the RTE Radio Player by clicking on the below link and fast forward to 2hrs 36 mins on the player. GRMA!!!

http://www.rte.ie/radio/radioplayer/rteradiowebpage.html#type=radio&rii=1%3A3277972%3A4711%3A05%2D05%2D2012%3A

Deireadh an Chomórtais BEO beagnach anseo!!

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Not long to go until the FINAL, May 11th and what a FINAL it promises to be. Some great BEO events have been happening all over the country and the excitement is building to see who out of the 6 finalists below will be walking away with the €5000 for their school!!! Tickets for the evening gig in the Regional Cultural Centre on 11th May can be bought in advance from Transition Year Students in Coláiste Ailigh, St. Eunans and the Convent. Limited availability on the door. Click on poster for more details. Bígí linn ar an oíche!!!

BEO finalists

Is iad seo a leanas na scoileanna a bhí pioctha do chraoibh BEO ar 11ú Bealtaine :

Comhghairdeachas agus ádh mór.

Na Moltóirí - Our panel of judges!!

Jackie Hayden – Former Marketing Manager with CBS Ireland (now Sony), Contributing Editor and journalist with Hot Press and author of many music-related books. Biog section

Paddy Mc Kenna – Broadcaster and journalist (2fm and lead singer and guitarist of Storyfold). Biog section

Cian Mc Carthy – Producer, musician & broadcaster (Radió na Life and Guitarist/Bassist/Songwriter of The Dirty 9s). Biog section

Mary O’ Hagan – Senior Producer of The Last Word on Today FM Biog section.

Una Mullally – Journalist and broadcaster Biog section

BEO Website Launch - Dec. 2011!

BEO Competition Final May 11th 2012

St. Columba's College BEO Event

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Upcoming BEO event for St Columba’s College is on Friday 20th April at 8pm in the Balor Theatre. For this and all other upcoming gigs please check out the gigs section

Pobal Scoil Gaoth Dobhair Event

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Upcoming BEO event for Pobal Scoil Gaoth Dobhair is on Wednesday 18th April at 7pm. Details of bands playing on the night are as shown on the poster opposite. For this and all other upcoming gigs please check out the gigs section

Gaelcholáiste Chill Dara BEO Event

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Upcoming BEO event for Gaelcholáiste Chill Dara is on Thursday 5th April. Wrockshop kicks off at 6 and the gig starts at 7. Details of bands playing on the night are as shown on the poster and every band will be doing one cover through irish! For this and all other upcoming gigs please check out the gigs section

Grennan College BEO Event

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Upcoming BEO event for Grennan College is on Friday 30th March in the Thomastown Community Hall starting at 7.30 pm. See poster opposite for the Band line-up. For this and all other upcoming gigs please check out the gigs section

Bridgetown Vocational Rockfest

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BEO Rockfest Wednesday 28th March Bands/Performers: -Opening Duet, Hysteria,Emmett O’Connot (Solo Singer), Element 9, Madhaus, Ink, Emily Furlong, Point Blank Cost:5 Euro For this and all other upcoming gigs please check out the gigs section

Pobailscoil na Rosann BEO Event

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BEO Rock Show in Pobailscoil na Rosann Dungloe Saturday 24th March Bands/Performers: The Loose Bananas, Not That Famous, Sabotage, The Nameless & Alison Graham Cost:3 Euro For this and all other upcoming gigs please check out the gigs section

Errigal College BEO Event.

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Upcoming BEO event for Errigal College is on Friday 23rd March. Bands playing on the night are Cuban Science, Capitol & D.J. Cannon. For this and all other upcoming gigs please check out the gigs section

Comórtas BEO

BEO is a combined project undertaken by three secondary schools in Letterkenny. In 2009 these three schools St. Eunans, Loreto Convent and Colaiste Ailigh decided to help some of Ireland’s emerging talent promote their music. The schools hosted their first gig combined with some wrockshops in April of that year and have continued to grow ever since. BEO has hosted Ireland’s best bands on a night that the bands themselves admit were the best gigs of their lives.

This year BEO entered a National Innovation competition which allowed them to develop a business plan that involved developing a website www.beoireland.com to help other schools host similar events and rolling out a national competition for schools to run their own gig.

The six best entries will go forward to the national final and the best BEO event will receive a prize of €5,000.

What could be better ná daltaí scoile ag cuir ceolchoirm ar siúl do dhaltaí ina scoil féin.

Read the brief carefully and apply to take part in our competition. All participating schools will be allocated a mentor on the beoireland community page that will guide you through the competition. Closing date for applications 3rd February 2012!

Adh mhór

Seosamh Mac Ceallabhuí

www.beoireland.com