The question on the lips of everyone who attended the Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra’s spectacular “Jurassic Park” Concert last weekend is this: Will they do something similar again?

The answer is a resounding “Yes.”

The next movie and accompanying soundtrack hasn’t been selected yet, but Executive Director Daniel Ponickly said, “There will be a next time. Oh yeah. Absolutely.”

More than 4,000 people bought tickets to the “Jurassic Park in Concer”t at the Carlson Center on Nov. 1 and 2. Outside the center, a ginormous inflatable T. Rex gobbled up a full-size pickup truck, providing a peek as to what awaited attendees. Inside, patrons walked into another world.

The realistically recreated “Jurassic Park” gate opened into a massive performing space where audience members watched the 1993 “

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