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'Raiders of the Lost Ark in Concert' at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts

The crashing of the massive boulder thundering through the collapsing temple filled the TD Pavilion at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts  recently.  The adventures of Indiana Jones were  projected on a 40-foot-high screen as part of the Mann Center’s “Raiders of the Lost Ark in Concert.” "Raiders," the summer blockbuster and top-grossing film of 1981, kicked off this season's Movies @ the Mann series. With the Reading Symphony Orchestra performing the score live, it brought a new found excitement to re-watching Steven Spielberg's classic about the archaeology professor and his quest to recover the legendary Ark of the Covenant before it falls into the hands of the Nazis. Audience members were part of a full sensory experience as the orchestra, conducted by  Andrew Constantine,  heightened the excitement and anxiety as they performed the Academy Award-nominated score by John Williams. Even though I’ve seen the movie many times, listening to the memor