Tea and toast with _Strays

Mullingar band _Strays are one of the groups signed up for the Coast to Coast - Tea and Toast charity challenge this Friday April 6.Coast to Coast - Tea and Toast is the charity brainchild of Aidan Cuffe, David Leavey (Chuck) and Phil Hollingsworth of www.Goldenplec.com.The idea is to drive from Howth to Achill and back again in less than 12 hours.Team Goldenplec will stop in every county they pass through for tea, toast and a one-song gig from a local band.The event is to raise money for Down Syndrome Ireland and help promote small acts across the country.They have three sponsors for the day:- Meteor, for mobile internet- Lyons, putting the talk in the tea, and- Johnston Mooney and O'Brien, providing the bread to make the toast.The fun starts this Friday April 6 at 7.30am with a band called Jail Chase and the team hope to be in Mullingar at 9.03am to play a one-song gig and have tea and toast with _Strays.They will record each one-song gig and share the videos on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook throughout the day and via www.Goldenplec.com.Confirmed bands and route:Jail Chase, Portmarnock, Dublin, 7.30amClara Monaghan, Dunboyne, 8amLost Colours, She's A Beauty, Maynooth, 8.20am_Strays, Mullingar, 9.03amRowdy Dow Dow, Longford town, 9.50amRed Sail, Strokestown, 10.25amCastlebar, TBCAchill, turnaround pointEamonn Brett, Ballymoe, Galway, 3.25pmWe Town Criers, Roscommon town, 4.12pmThe Rusty Fixtures, Athlone, 4.46pmGaz Le Roc, Tullamore, 5.42pmThe Little Smoke, Portlaois, 6.22pmFighting For Jane, Newbridge, 7.02pmFinale in Malahide Yacht Club featuring:Jet Set Radio, Sive, Couch Surfer, Good Call ,Boy Lights Fire, The Quicksand Band, Jemson Green, Liz Seever, Martin Piehlmeier, Changing Gears, The Statics, Light Camera Sundownwww.mycharity.ie/event/teaandtoastwww.facebook.com/teaandtoastgptwitter.com/#!/teaandtoastgpwww.breakingtunes.com/strays