Applause! Membership Program
The Performing Arts Center does not receive funding in support of our season events from the state university system. All of our operating funds come from ticket sales, corporate sponsorships, donations, and Applause! memberships.
Join our growing list of Applause! members and receive a semi-anual newsletter containing valuable coupons for Performing Arts Center events as well as updates on what is happening at the Center, and how to get involved. As a member, you will have the satisfaction of knowing that you are helping to sustain culture and the arts in East Hawaiʻi, and we will also make you a “star” by listing your name in each event’s program as a proud member of Applause!. At certain levels of membership, you will also receive the benefits listed below.
If you are interested in becoming an Applause! Member, please contact Heidi at 933-3209 for more information, or donate online via the UH Foundation.
Membership Levels
Individual Donor
$25
Family Patron
$50
Supporter
$100
Receive 5 free beverages during the season.
Director
$250
Receive 1 free beverage at each season event.
Producer
$500
Receive 2 free beverages at each season event.
Download a copy of the current Applause! Brochure!
Inside the Performing Arts Center
The UH Hilo Performing Arts Center issues a semi-annual newsletter, designed primarily for our Applause! Members, containing information about upcoming events, and matters of interest about our programming, educational outreach activities, and information about our students' endeavors. We have also been known to feature articles about our Advisory Committee members and Sponsors.
If you are interested, read the September 2012 edition of Inside the Performing Arts Center.
Past Issues:
- Inside the Performing Arts Center, February 2012
- Inside the Performing Arts Center, November 2011
- Inside the Performing Arts Center, September 2011
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2013-14 Applause! Membership Listing
Last updated June 4, 2013
Producers
- Aunty Janet
- Robert Jobe & Susan LaBrenz
- Adrianne Lamson
- Michael McMillan
- Mr. & Mrs. Mike Militano
- Richard & Quack Moore
Directors
- Bill & Nancy Chen
- Alice & Ken Davis
- Dr. Dennis & Susan Lee
- Ken & Dottie Oliveira
- Dale & Sandy Tokuuke
Supporters
- Owen & Anne Ariki
- June & George Atebara
- Mike & Betty Ben
- Joan Derbyshire & Sunny LaRosa
- Ignatius J. Galgan
- Betty Hamakawa
- Megan & Michael Hirae
- Annette Iwahashi
- Jane Kawazoe
- Earl & Sumie Ogata
- Robin & Harry Messenheimer
- E. Aiko Oda
- Jean & Hugh Ono
- Don & Kathy Romero
- Bridget Sabedong
- Dr. Larry & Lucia Samuels
- Gladys Sonomura
- Marcella Stroh - CPB
- Ron & Arlene Terry
- Seeske Versluys, DVM
- Ethel K. Yoshimasu
- and 1 Anonymous member
Family Patrons
- Wallace & Shirley Aki
- David & Lily Chan-Harris
- Doris Ching
- Wes & Claudine Fujii
- Cynee Gillette-Wenner
- Naomi Hayakawa
- Don & Helen Hemmes
- Suen & Peter Hughes
- Susan James & Jay Curlee
- David M. Luboff
- Charles & Hatsue Kamimura
- Thomas & Emma McAlexander
- Philip & Gloria Millett
- Warren & Jane Miyasaki
- Gail Miyashiro
- James & Gerry Ottinger
- Liz Peck
- Gene & Dorothy Short
- Sandra P. Song
- Jenny Yoshizumi
Individual Donors
- Erwin & Bernadette Chase
- Amy Hamane
- Diann Horita
- Sachi Imaizumi
- L. Kaneta-Ogata
- MB Larson
- Kathleen Montvel-Cohen
- Richard Okano
- Marilyn Sato
- Erynn Chiemi Tanimoto
- Deborah Ward
- and 4 Anonymous members