Ellen Gay Dela Rosa, senior manager with the recent PCC performing troupe which put on nearly 40 two-hour shows at the Grand Palace in Branson, Missouri, from June 29 to August 12, reported, “We had a great experience, and we had a standing ovation every night”.
Kahuku 3rd Ward (Tongan) was one of three choir that performed during the PCC’s 60th anniversary’s opening devotional.
The late Vaita’i Reed and Tauamō Malufau . . . at the opening of the Polynesian Cultural Center’s Hukilau Store, in 1999.
“Colonel” Vern Hardisty was the Cultural Center general manager from 1969–’75.
PCC dancer Tiffany Ieremia was just 17 years old in 2003 when she was on a promo in New York and selected to appear on the cover of Seventeen Magazine
Renée Ahuna Cabrinha practically grew up at the Polynesian Cultural Center as a young girl. He husband and children have also worked at the PCC.
A promotional team from the Polynesian Cultural Center participated in the dedication of the new Hawaii Convention Center in Waikiki on June 11, 1998.
Tupu Tiave was the first of seven siblings to work at the Polynesian Cultural Center, starting in 1972.
Tua Hunt’s mother and father were both working at the Center when she was born . . . and she soon joined them, later returning as a student employee.
