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. 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 Dori at 932-7496 for more information, or donate online via the UH Foundation.
Membership Levels
Download a copy of the current Applause! Brochure (PDF).
2023-24 Applause! Membership Listing
Last updated Oct 24, 2023
Producers
- Bonnie Irwin & Ned Huston
- Dr Dennis & Susan Lee
- Dr. Keith & Arlene Yamakawa
- Kari Kimura & Shaun Roth
- Richard & Quack Moore
- Ruth & Birch Robison
- Sandra & Dale Tokuuke
- Steven E Handy, Sr.
- 3 Anonymous members
Directors
- Dr. Rachel Sheehan & Dr. Jacqueline Hahn
- Ed & Cynthia Sorenson
- Jean K Myers & Paul Bowskill
- Joanne Pocsidio
- Naomi Hayakawa
- Roland & Jan Higashi
- Seeske Versluys DVM
- Wes & Claudine Fujii
- 1 Anonymous Member
Supporters
- Allen & Jean Takase
- Anne & James Sadayasu
- Bob & Barbara Arthurs
- Bridget M Sabedong
- David & Lily Chan-Harris
- David Dunbar
- Doris Taketa
- Dr. Robert Jordan
- Earl Ogata & Sumie Kitajima-Ogata
- Helie Rock
- In Memory of Maestro Kenneth Staton
- Ioana Agasa
- Jeanne Beers
- Jon & Debbie Sakurai-Horita
- Kenith Simmons & Leon Hallacher
- L. Kaneta-Ogata
- Liz Peck
- Roy & Gladys Sonomura
- Sonia & James Juvik
- Steven & Amy Markham
- Steven & Jill Jacunski
- Tom & Carole Geballe
- Zoi Nakamura
- 2 Anonymous members
Family Patrons
- Allan & Jean Takase
- Bob & Betsy Duerr
- Cynee Gillette-Wenner
- Dwayne Miyashiro
- Kim Kalama
- Lloyd Tada
- Mrs. Theo Kushi
- Nani & Jim Bien
- Robert & Julie Lindbergh & Laura Ahuna
- Ron & Vivian Ueoka
- Sam Nelson
- Veryl Ann Grace
- 4 Anonymous Members
Individual Donors
- Amy Hamane
- Carolyn Mizuno
- Cathy Lowder
- Charlyn Yamamoto
- Erynn Chiemi Taniimoto
- Evelyn Kishimoto
- Germaine Suan
- Iris Murakami
- Janis Shirai
- Joyce Alcouloumre
- Kenneth & Joanne Ikemori
- Marilyn Sato
- Susan Proctor
- Sylvia Dahlby