Josephine Moea’i: ‘Guided by divine power’
Josephine Moea’i, who started at the Center in 1966, worked as secretary to five general managers before retiring.
Josephine Moea’i, who started at the Center in 1966, worked as secretary to five general managers before retiring.
Cy Bridges and the women of the Polynesian Cultural Center’s hula hālau, Hui Ho’oulu Aloha, backstage at the 1984 Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo.
B.J. Fuller was one of the original Polynesian Cultural Center cashiers. She also sang at many PCC functions over the next several decades.
Church College of Hawaii faculty member Wylie Swapp was involved with early phases of the Polynesian Cultural Center.
A Church engineer took this picture of traditional Samoan houses in 1962 to help create building plans for the Polynesian Cultural Center.
Susana Magalei-Wong grew up in Laie and worked at the Center as a girl, but moved to Honolulu in 1975 and recently retired from Hawaiian Airlines.
Shirley Dela Rosa grew up in Laie and worked at the Center as a teenager, but later moved to American Samoa where she still lives today.
Aunty Kela Miller was born in Laie, learned hula from her ‘ohana, danced at the Hukilau, then became an original Hawaiian Villager and dancer at the PCC.
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