style Destination; Daytona Beach John - ny; Nomad Media and Zgraph. Thank you so much. We couldn’t do this without you all. I would also like to ask our Board of Trustees. if you’re here please stand, wave your hand, and let everybody know you’re here in the room. We have a fan - tastic Board of Trustees. Thank you for everything you do, and to our dignitaries and civil servants, if you’re in the room, please raise your hand and let us ac - knowledge you this evening. So, developing and installing exhibits takes a lot of time and talent. This exhibit was curated in-house with the artist Ste - phen Shooster, who you will hear from shortly, and our team of highly capable creative staff. My sincere gratitude and thank you to the amazing team that put this beautiful and very interesting exhibit together with Stephen; Tamara Joy, our chief curator; Zack Zacharias, our Senior Curator of History; Jenelle Codianne, Di - rector of Design; Stephanie Shaw, Reg - istrar; Ryan Lowry, Exhibitions Manag - er; Caleb Handlin, our Preparator; Seth Mayo, our Planetarium Director and Cu - rator of Science; Christian Traverson, our Planetarium Manager and Assistant Curator of Science; and Katie Wedder - strand, our Planetarium Educator.
OPENING SPEECH 7:00 PM April, 3rd, 2025 Tabitha Schmidt, CEO, MoAS Good evening everyone, good evening. Love all the chatter. Welcome everyone, I’m Tabitha Schmidt . I’m the CEO here at MoAS, The Museum of Arts and Sci - ences in Daytona. We are thrilled you are here tonight. This is actually our very first opening of 2025. Here we are, the start of the 2025 season, and I will tell you it’s a doozy this year. There’s a lot coming so pay attention. First, I would like to thank our exhibit sponsors, without their financial support we would be unable to bring traveling ex - hibits to the museum and the community. My sincere gratitude to the Abbas Abdul - hussein Family; Lin Marinasio; Bomar Construction; Brown and Brown Insur - ance; Cobb Cole; Embry Riddle Aeronau - tical University; Expert Reserve Services; Giles Electric; Halifax Health; ICI Homes; John Hall Chevrolet; NASCAR; Jill Simp - kins; CiCi and Hyatt Brown; David and Tony Slick; Jean and Diane Rogers; Mr. Gale Lemerand; Stuart and Lisa Sigma; Don Bell Signs; Bahama House; Daytona Beach News Journal; Daytona City Life -
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