Wylie Swapp creates Cultural Center’s name
Church College of Hawaii faculty member Wylie Swapp was involved with early phases of the Polynesian Cultural Center.
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.
A Church engineer took this picture of traditional Samoan houses in 1962 to help create building plans for the Polynesian Cultural Center.
[Reprinted from pcc50.com, May 29, 2013; interview and photo by Mike Foley] Pouli Magalei sr. started in 1964, when he came from American Samoa. He
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.
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.
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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