Starting iPhoto slideshow automatically on boot

Hi all,
I have a Mac mini that will be used in conjunction with a point of sale display screen and I need to start an iPhoto slideshow automatically. I have iPhoto starting automatically currently but I need a slideshow to start without any user interaction (there won't be a keyboard or mouse connected when it goes live).
Thanks,
Dave

dahvyd - thanks for that it works!
I'm trying to make it so it plays a slideshow which I've made so I've done this:
tell application "iPhoto"
activate
set mySlideshow to "test1"
select mySlideshow
select slide 1 of mySlideshow
start slideshow
end tell
But when I try to run it says "expected end of line, etc. but found number" and highlights 1
Any ideas? It puts a title before the first slide. So I tried changing 1 to a 0 and 2 but still no joy
If I delete that line it says:
error "The variable mySlideshow is not defined." number -2753 from "my slideshow"

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