About Sue Surdam Bean

I do know that bein’ has a “g” at end, but beingbean.com was taken and besides its kinda folksy… Sue “the Costume and Graphics Designer” welcomes you to my Bean family blog.

Fighting Spirit Award Acceptance Speech

[flashvideo filename=videos/tb_bro_speech07.flv image=videos/tb_bro_speech07.jpeg /] The amazing evening ended with the presentation of the 2007 BRO Fighting Spirit Award to Terry. I was honored to be in attendance for this acknowledgement of the huge contribution Terry has made toward achieving equal … Continue reading

Fighting Spirit Award Tribute

[flashvideo filename=videos/tb_bro_tribute07.flv image=videos/tb_bro_tribute07.jpeg /] This video tribute to my much loved bro-in-law was shown at the dinner. It is the result of an artistic collaboration that included Ed Mellnik of EMA Video Productions, Elizabeth Birch, and me.

Fighting Spirit Award Intro

[flashvideo filename=videos/tb_bro_intro07.flv image=videos/tb_bro_intro07.jpeg /] Terry was honored by Basic Rights Oregon for his his 35 years as a Gay Rights activist at the annual dinner, October 17, 2007. Governor Barbara Roberts and Rick had the pleasure of introducing their favorite … Continue reading

Mystery Train

This isn’t the post where I show my new AE skills, but this is a great slide show of Rick and I on a dinner mystery train celebrating our birthday with special Bean friends, Carl and Gail. I created the … Continue reading