The musical show "Drum!" from eastern Canada will be presented as part of the Center Stage Performing Arts Series at Brigham Young University-Idaho in Rexburg on Friday, Nov. 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the Hart Auditorium.

"Drum!" is Nova Scotia's new musical production that features 20 musicians, dancers, drummers and singers from four of the principle cultures - Black, Acadian, Aboriginal and Celtic. The group is brought together in a fusion of music, dance, poetry, video, rhythm and song.

Tickets are $10 for the general public and $5 for BYU-Idaho students. They are available from the BYU-Idaho Ticket Office by calling 496-2230 or online at www.byui.edu/tickets. A preshow dinner for $12 extra is also available.

Since "Drum!" first came to the stage in 1999, the production has continued to grow in popularity. Originally conceived as a tourism piece, "Drum!" was the main stage show at Tall Ships 2000, featured at a series of international conferences and broadcast on Canadian TV.

"Drum!" made its debut as a full-length production in 2004 running for 10 nights in its own specially designed theater at the Halifax waterfront in Nova Scotia. Tourists and locals alike received the show with accolades, resulting in a return to the waterfront for a five-week run in September 2005.

In November 2005, "Drum!" took the story of the rhythms of Nova Scotia across the United States, starting in Florida at the prestigious Van Wezel Center and finishing to a packed 1,700-seat theater in Park City, Utah.  Recently, "Drum!" was nominated for two East Coast Music Awards in Canada.