The Taylor Star-friday late post: March 2015

Friday, March 27, 2015

Tonight is featured another track by DJ Layla&Dee-Dee,"Planet Mars."DJ Layla,27,is a Romania-based DJ who has worked with the Bucharest singer Dee-Dee several times,as well as with vocalists Sianna,Lorina and Alissa.She has become quite popular on the Eurodance music scene since 2009.Closely associated with singer-songwriter and producer Radu Sirbu,her real name is Natalia Ostasina.A native of Moldova,she also lived in Ukraine for a number of years.She studied law at the State University of Moldova.*
The European Tour's Trophee Hassan II golf tournament,named for King Hassan II,is underway at the Golf Palais du Royal in Agadir,Morroco.It is an exclusive golf course actually located on the palace grounds,complete with crenellated,reddish brown palace walls with towers and views of the Atlantic Ocean and Atlas Mountains.The course was designed by Robert Trent Jones,Sr.
After two rounds,the lead was shared by four golfers at six under par:Rafael Cabrera-Bello (ESP);Richard Green (AUS);Richie Ramsay (SCO);and Oliver Farr (WAL).

Friday, March 13, 2015

Australian Grand Prix;George Harrison as Motor Sport Fan

It's appropriate to write about George Harrison and the Australian Grand Prix at one sitting,because the late musician was also a lifelong motor racing fan.As a child,he collected photos of race car drivers and their cars.Indeed,he attended the 1955 British Grand Prix at Aintree when he was 12.He saw the great drivers Juan Manuel Fangio and Sterling Moss there.In 1979,he attended the Adelaide Grand Prix in Australia,which was won by Ayrton Senna,with Alain Prost second and Damon Hill third.
It's a hobby for me.It's a change from the film or record business,George told Australia's Channel 9.*
The Australian Grand Prix is on Sunday at Albert Park,Melbourne.The first two Free Practice sessions were held Friday.The top three in the first session were Nico Rosberg of Germany (Mercedes),England's Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) and Valtteri Bottas of Finland (Williams).Australia's Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) finished in tenth,and his teammate Daniil Kvyat of Russia was eleventh.
In the second Free Practice,Rosberg and Hamilton were again first and second,but Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) of Germany was third fastest.Ricciardo sat the session out while his engine was being changed,but the Russian Kvyat got the sixth fastest time in the Red Bull Renault car.
Two-time Australian Grand Prix champion Fernando Alonso of Spain,who is with McClaren this year,will not be racing because of an injury.
The rest of the broadcast schedule Eastern time on NBCSN is as follows:
Saturday 12:30 am Free Practice 3 (replay)
2:00 am Qualifying Live
Sunday 12:00 am F-1 Countdown Live
12:30 am Race Live
3:00 am F-1 Extra Live
6:00 am Race Encore (replay)
4:00 pm Race Encore (replay)
This year's broadcast crew will be the same as 2014's:Leigh Diffey,David Hobbs and Steve Matchett calling the race and Will Buxton covering the paddock.*
The George Harrison video featured this week was filmed at the second Prince's Trust charity concert at Wembley Arena,London in 1987.Playing alongside Harrison in "Here Comes The Sun" were Ringo Starr,Phil Collins,Jeff Lynne,Eric Clapton and Elton John.Princess Diana was in attendance.