25th Annual MOHAI History Makers Gala

Prince Charming, Ian, charms
Doug and Joyce 

Tonight Ken and I attended the Museum of History and Industry History Makers Gala at the Fremont Studios.  (The last time I was in the Fremont Studios was last March when I was one of the featured "Seattle Dance" dancers to raise funds for Plymouth Housing Group.  Here is a previous blog post that talks about that.)

We were delighted to be guests of Susan & Gary Neumann.  Gary is currently the President of the MOHAI Board of Trustees. We saw many friends and MOHAI supporters including Herb Bridge & Edie Hilliard, Lynn & Frank Lindsay, Susan Lindsay, Barbara Gessing & Jay Rockey, Sue & Bill Vitatoe, Laura & Ian McNeill, William Justen, Joyce & Doug McCallum, Sandi & Tim Premsalaar, Sue & Tom Raschella, Nancy & Van Strom, and Carol & Spike Anderson.


Ian McNeill aka Prince Charming



Cathi, Ian, Ken

We were able to stay long enough to hear the exciting announcement from Patty Stonesifer about the partnership between MOHAI and the Smithsonian Museum.  We also enjoyed dinner and were able to fix a dessert inequity by involving Ian McNeil, who inexplicably was dressed as Prince Charming, in procuring some additional  Strawberry Rhubarb Tarts in exchange for a surfeit of Chocolate Decadence for our table. 

We were also impressed with the presentation of the MOHAI Educators of the Year award by Gary Neumann to teachers, Sara Williams, Margaret Lang, and Lisa Stroud who between them had 40 years of teacher experience and are using the educational materials available from MOHAI as part of their curriculum. 

Gary Neumann, President of MOHAI Board

Following the presentation, Ken and I slipped out because Ken was in so much pain from his recent knee replacement surgery.  It is still difficult for him to attend events with any level of comfort.  So, unfortunately, we missed the keynote address by Tom Skerritt about The Film School which I know would have been very interesting.

But, it was a lovely celebration.  Congratulations to President of the Board, Gary Neumann and the entire leadership of MOHAI!