Zone 02, 8 April 2003. Portrait of Carl De Moncharline accompanying the article 'Have a drink with your neighbours'. Photo Daniel Dedave.
Two short pieces: the nationwide extension of the Roller Parade to seven cities in summer 2003, and the launch of Immeubles en fête in Brussels on Tuesday 27 May, both led by Carl De Moncharline.
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THE ROLLER PARADE GOES INTO OVERDRIVE
After the Brussels tarmac, this summer's Roller Parade will go fully national. In July and August, always in the evening, Carl de Moncharline, the organiser with the muscular calves (clearly on every front!), will get skaters and cyclists rolling in Hasselt (every Monday), Namur (every Tuesday), Ghent (every Wednesday, to be confirmed), Liège (every Thursday), Brussels (as usual, every Friday), Mons (every Saturday) and Koksijde (two dates still to be set). And for those who are hopeless on skates (I know at least one at Zone 02), de Moncharline will run a Roller School every Saturday and Sunday afternoon at the Bois de la Cambre. (JB)
IT DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERY DAY — HAVE A DRINK WITH YOUR NEIGHBOURS
Do you really know your neighbours? 'Apart from the grump across the landing and (alas) vaguely the stunner on the third floor, not really, no,' you will answer. Fortunately, like a superhero of the stairwells, Carl de Moncharline (see photo) is launching a nice initiative to break the neighbourhood ice. It will be called Immeubles en fête and it will take place on the evening of Tuesday 27 May, as part of the European Neighbours' Day (yes, it exists!). The principle is childishly simple: in your daily paper you will find an advertising page in the form of a poster inviting people for a drink at your place. Just stick it in your window and all your neighbours turn into potential guests for an evening… and more if you hit it off. It's called reweaving social ties in the city and it may give you a hangover. But above all, it will finally let you get on first-name terms with the young woman on the third floor (or the good-looking guy on the second). (JB)
Info: www.immeublesenfete.be
Context note
Two short pieces published in Zone 02 on 8 April 2003, under the section's collective byline (Julien Bosseler, Jean-Charles Bronson, Anne-Françoise Moens; drawing by Kanar), both texts signed JB. They document two projects run simultaneously by Carl De Moncharline: the extension of the Roller Parade to seven Belgian cities for the summer of 2003, with a Roller School at the Bois de la Cambre, and the first Brussels edition of Immeubles en fête on 27 May 2003. The paper spells the name 'Carl de Moncharline'; the correct spelling is Carl De Moncharline. The original text is in French; the versions in the other languages of the site are translations.