First frame - stop (); drops rest of video

Greetings!  I'm new to animate, although I did do some work way back in the Flash v3 era....  I'm working on a Christmas video that I've created a workaround solution for an issue I think you experts can solve.

My basic video begins with a welcome frame that includes a "play" button.  When I tested it, and all works perfectly using the stop (); and gotoAndPlay (); action - about 15 seconds of animation and 30 seconds of background music.

When I export the video to a .mov file, the video drops and playback is 5 seconds of a blank screen.  If I delete the stop (); action, the full export works, but the nice stop and play function is lost. 

What am I missing?  Thanks for your help in advance.