Supporters of Ten Bucks Theatre want you to get yourself ready to audition for its next production, “Fawlty Towers Meets Monty Python, Part Duh (Now it’s Personal.)”

Julie Arnold Lisnet reports the play will open for 12 performances on Jan. 24 and run through Feb. 10. She asks that prospective actors “please prepare a comic monologue and-or do a cold reading from the script,” and warns you that “English accents [are] necessary.”

Auditions will be conducted from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, and from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, with callbacks, as necessary, from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, “between Friends Gift Shop and Art Center located at 39 Center Street in Brewer.”

For more information, leave a message at 884-1030 or e-mail www.tenbuckstheatre.com.

Phillips-Strickland House is a busy place these days.

First up is its Take Out Lobster Roll Lunch, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, at 21 Boyd St. in Bangor. The cost is $12.95.

To obtain that takeout meal, you must place your order, by today, by calling Sharon Nickerson at 941-2820.

Then it’s A Real Old Fashioned Fair, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at Phillips-Strickland, where you will find everything from jewelry to holiday items and collectibles, and several vendors offering products perfect for gift-giving.

You also can enjoy a lobster roll, homemade haddock chowder or chili, beginning at 11 a.m., at The Cafe.

Additionally, orders are now being taken for holiday poinsettias, which are available in several colors.

Orders can be picked up after 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, at Phillips-Strickland, but if you order five or more plants, they will be delivered to your home or business.

You also can purchase a certificate and shop later at Enchanted Gardens and Greenhouse in Brewer with proceeds from that sale, as well as proceeds from all these activities, benefiting the Resident Activities Program of Phillips-Strickland House, which is the only nonprofit residential facility for seniors in our area.

Up With People will appear Dec. 3-10 in Bangor, and host families are needed for program participants.

Host families provide a place to sleep, transportation to and from local stops, and most meals “as well as an open environment to share customs and culture” with their guests, according to the Up With People release.

Up With People participants are between 18 and 29 years old, and all speak English.

If you would be willing to open your home to a member of the Up With People program, call Up With People advance team members, Danielle Hastings or Christine Holmes, at the Bangor Y, 941-2808, ext. 335, or e-mail cholmes@upwithpeople.org.

Wal-Mart SuperCenter has announced it will hold a bake sale during business hours Saturday, Nov. 3, in Brewer, to benefit Children’s Miracle Network, and honor our veterans by offering them free coffee and snacks on Friday, Nov. 9.

An e-mail to the Bangor Daily News from Ron Hansen asks that we inform readers a reunion is being planned for members of the military who served aboard the USS Harry E. Hubbard DD-748.

The reunion is April 17-20 in Baltimore, Md.

“We have a few shipmates in your area,” Hansen believes and, if you are one of them, he urges you to contact Mike Caruccio, at 717-235-5768, to learn more about the reunion.

My sincerest sympathies are extended to Sandra Blake Leonard on the unexpected death, last week, of her husband, attorney Ted Leonard.

My first and last memories of Ted are nearly identical: a smiling man with an imposing presence, many years ago, strolling across the University of Maine campus to join others heading for class; and, most recently, that same smiling man strolling into a room to join others in celebrating the life of our community.

Ted’s smile, from my perspective, became more expansive and contented as he aged.

Somehow, I believe that sense of contentment came not only from the life he and Sandra shared, but also from the life that they were able to share with their community: A life that helped make this a welcoming place for young and old to enjoy everything from the arts to recreation.

As a community, we are grateful for his contributions to its cultural vitality, his volunteer service in the nonprofit sector, and the opportunities that each of his interests provide those who live here.

Joni Averill, Bangor Daily News, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor 04402; 990-8288.