In
over 30 years at Channel 9
(CBS), JC Hayward has
repeatedly been rated one of
the top news people on
Washington television. She
anchors 9 News at noon and
5PM, and is considered among
DC's most credible and
beloved television
journalists.
In 1976, she won a local
Emmy Award in the Best
Newscaster category. In
1994, Hayward won a local
Emmy Award for her interview
with Riddick Bowe. In June
1995, JC was awarded the
prestigious Board of
Governors Award, a local
Emmy given for "truly
outstanding achievement and
unique accomplishment of
some duration and
durability."
Hayward has interviewed many
national and international
figures, including Nancy
Reagan, Maya Angelou, and
Luciano Pavarotti . In April
1986, Hayward appeared on
CBS-TV's popular daytime
soap opera,
"Capital." In July
1988, Hayward hosted two
W*USA 9 News specials,
"JC &
Friends." Hayward also
covered Nelson Mandela's
U.S. visit, reporting from
Boston, Atlanta, and Miami.
Hayward co-hosted Channel
9's "Every woman,"
a daily one-hour talk show
that was syndicated in four
markets.
Hayward has produced several
award-winning documentaries.
The 1972 one-hour program,
"Sahel: The Border of
Hell," won two local
Emmy Awards. In 1977,
Hayward traveled to Kenya
and Uganda, filming a
documentary on Ugandan
refugees, "We Shall
Return," which earned
Hayward a Bronze Medal from
the 1980 International Film
Festival in New York. And
"Somalia: The Silent
Tragedy," on the
world's largest refugee
situation was syndicated by
the Public Broadcast System
and broadcast in England,
Australia and the Caribbean.
JC devotes time to various
community organizations and
projects, serving as past
Vice-President, Boys and
Girls Club of Greater
Washington; Board Member,
Legal Defense Fund of the
NAACP; Board Member, Summer
Opera Theatre Company; Board
Member, United Black Fund;
and Board Member, Montgomery
County, Maryland's Hospice
Caring. She was named
"Washingtonian of the
Year" by Washingtonian
Magazine. In 1995, Hayward
received the Dr. Edward C.
Mazique Memorial Award for
her support of the Greater
Washington Boys and Girls
Clubs, and a nine-year
commitment to the
organization's Annual
Congressional Dinners.
20-year-old
Marylander Karla Garci is
going to New York.
She'll be the youngest
dancer ever to perform in a
major Broadway show
-Written
By Stacey
Cohan,
9 News-
The
Broadway smash hit
"Mama Mia"
put the singing group ABBA
back on the map And a
new show called
"Hot Feet" is
about to bring Earth,
Wind and Fire to new
generation.
One member of that
generation is a
20-year-old dancer from Oxon
Hill, who's about to
make her Broadway debut.
Like nearly every little
girl, Karla
Garci
dreamed of being a
dance. But unlike most,
she never gave up that
dream, even as her
Filipino parents gently
pushed her toward more
traditional studies.
But everyday, after
school, Karla
came to this dance
studio in Oxon
Hill, run for 30 years
by Fran Peters.
Under Fran?s tough
tutelage, gawky gave way
to graceful. By age 6, Karla
was competing. Now 20,
the New York University
student is debuting as
the youngest dancer in a
major Broadway show. She
still remembers the
phone call booking her
for this first big job.
The show featuring the
music of Earth, Wind and
Fire, debuts here in
Washington for three
weeks before heading to
Broadway, a place where
dozens of students from
this small studio have
found success.
So what helps Fran?s
kids make the cut? A lot
of work, a lot of heart,
and a bit of a push to
dig deeper.
You can see Karla
in Hot Feet beginning
Tuesday night at the
National Theater. The
show runs there through
April 9th and opens at
the Hilton theater on
Broadway April 30th.
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