The Berlin
Cit itiz ize en S tudent
Volume 15, Number 46
Berlin’s Only Hometown Newspaper
Scouts cook Thanksgiving feast from scratch
J ournalis ts' E dition
By Katherine Vandrilla Special to The Citizen
Berlin embraces Bollywood dance craze By Akanksha Singh Special to The Citizen
“Bollywood” technically refers to the booming Hindi film industry in India. However, for many people around the world the term has come to mean the fun, energetic, and captivating dance style featured in the movies of Bollywood. Even though Bollywood dancing started in India, it incorporates dance styles from all over the world, and so it soon started spreading to other areas. First becoming popular in the Middle East and other countries in Asia, Bollywood soon became all the rage in Europe as well, and is now taking over the U.S. and Canada. Every major city in our country offers Bollywood dance classes to its residents — and now Berlin has become a part of this sizzling dance trend. Holly Robillard and I, both Berlin High School students, have taught Bollywood dance classes at Caroline’s Dance Center in Berlin since the beginning of this year. We recently started a new sixweek introductory Bollywood dance course that had a good turnout. Each week the class gets together to enjoy ourselves while learning some cool new dance moves. We offer new, varied chore-
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Troop 44 Boy Scouts made everything from pies to the turkey without the help of electricity, at their 13th annual Wilderness Thanksgiving over the weekend of Nov. 4. Each year at the Sage Park Pavilion, Scouts prepare an entire Thanksgiving meal not only outside — but from scratch. This takes place every year despite rain, snow or below-freezing temperatures. Preparing a turkey is a daunting cooking task for many people, let alone trying it outside when it’s only 20 degrees. What is more unusual is how Scouts cook the turkey — in a garbage can. The metal can is bought new and modified to turn it into an outdoor oven. Hot coals are inserted into metal sleeves running along the inside, and a 20 pound turkey can be cooked in about four hours. At least one additional turkey is deepfried in a propane cooker. Scouts also prepare ham, stuffing, vegetables, baked and sweet potatoes, cornbread, cranberry-orange relish, homemade butter, cookies, and over half a dozen apple and pumpkin pies. Cooking methods include an See Scouts, page 7
Kyle Sawyer carves a turkey at a Scout cook-out.
BHS senior on Today Show Halloween edition By Daniyal Khan Special to The Citizen
ography in every class that encourages all dancers to challenge themselves, have fun, and get a fantastic workout. Participant Kim Reid said, “I enjoy the music and it is a great form of exercise.” “I met Akanksha freshman year, when we bonded over our love for dance,” Holly said. “Akanksha taught me
A few weeks ago, I was contacted by Brooke Albert, a Golin Harris media associate. She was calling on behalf of Dow Chemical Company with an opportunity for me to be on NBC’s The Today Show. I was to be a part of a segment on the Halloween edition of the show where I would perform a short, fun experiment with a Dow scientist — along with hosts Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb. I was offered this opportu-
See Dance, page 8
See Today, page 9
Akanksha Singh and Holly Robillard.
Daniyal Khan, at right, dressed as a forensic scientist, poses with other students visiting the Today Show.