“Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,” a stage musical based on the 1968 film of the same name, tells the story of Caractacus Potts, a widowed father and eccentric inventor, who cares for his two children, Jeremy and Jemima Potts, and their grandpa.The show is scheduled to run Nov. 4-13. Performance dates are Nov. 4, 5, 11, 12, 18 and 19 at 7:30 p.m.; and Nov. 6 and 13 at 2 p.m., and Nov. 5 at 10:30 a.m. at the arts Center of Cannon County. The children discover a car in a rural scrap yard and, with much begging and pleading, convince their father to buy and fix up the car for them.