Dela Rosa ‘graduates’ after 43 years Ellen Gay Kekuaokalani Dela Rosa (shown at left), PCC’s long-time Theater Director, retired on her 65th birthday, August 5, 2016, after working for the Polynesian Cultural Center for 43 years. Several hundred co-workers, friends...
PCC Fijians celebrate Olympic gold “Rugby is Fiji’s national sport. It’s very popular,” said PCC Fijian Village “Chief” Ratu Seru Inoke Suguturaga . . . so it’s no surprise that Fijians at the Polynesian Cultural Center, back home in the islands and around the world,...
Pita Nikolas Taufatofua of Tonga became famous this last week. Yes, he is a gifted Taekwondo competitor, but his fame came his desire to honor his culture while representing his nation in the opening exercises of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The world wanted to know,...
PCC e-commerce reaches out Like millions of companies around the world, the Polynesian Cultural Center continues to expand its global reach by relying on the internet to convey information and complete sales. “The entire market is moving to online,” said Jeff Dunn,...
Other PCC and related news PCC adds extra luau seating to meet summer demand: During peak seasons — summertime and the year-end holidays, the Polynesian Cultural Center’s fabulous Alii Luau is so popular that we normally run three seatings simultaneously in three...
Update on the sailing canoe Iosepa: The Iosepa launches from Hukilau Beach on June 15, 2016. Photo by Mark Holladay Lee The BYU–Hawaii/Polynesian Cultural Center 57-foot, single-masted wa’a kaulua or twin-hulled traditional Hawaiian sailing canoe Iosepa — which is...
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