TALK STORY
Susana Magalei-Wong: “I wouldn’t trade those times”
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: Fond memories of PCC
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: ‘so much history since we first started’
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.
‘Aunty Val’: A PCC ‘living treasure’
Aunty Valetta Nepia Jeremiah from New Zealand devoted 50 years of her life to the Polynesian Cultural Center and was revered as a “living treasure.”
Tivakno Ieli Sievinen: “Truly grateful”
Tivakno Ieli Sievinen was originally from the small, remote island of Rotuma, a political dependency of Fiji with its own language and culture. (She passed away in July 2020.)
Ottley Wright: ‘PCC, like a family’
Ottley Wright — came to Laie in 1984 and worked at the PCC as a canoe tour and Laie Tour guide — at the Center’s 50th-anniversary reunion.
