!["Colonel" Vern Hardisty was the Cultural Center general manager in the late 1960s.](https://legacy.polynesia.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/vern_hardisty60s.jpg)
Vern Hardisty: One of his first PCC impressions
“Colonel” Vern Hardisty was the Cultural Center general manager from 1969–’75.
“Colonel” Vern Hardisty was the Cultural Center general manager from 1969–’75.
Tapusoa Tumu Purcell, one of three Samoans sent to help finish the Hokulea sailing canoe, was skilled not only in carving, but in other traditional Samoan building arts as well.
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.
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.
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 promotional team from the Polynesian Cultural Center participated in the dedication of the new Hawaii Convention Center in Waikiki on June 11, 1998.
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