The CTNY was founded in 1960 by Vince Kehoe, Kit and Barbara Trout, and Harlan and Barbara Blake, along with Virginia Smith, and Valerie Ryne-Rind at whose apartment one of the first organizing meetings took place.
The club moved its venue from place to place during the sixties, from one Spanish restaurant to another, but since 1981, has been meeting monthly at Mesón Botín on West 58th Street, whose owner, Pepe Ruso, of Alicante by way of Cádiz, is also a member.
Among past presidents have been Vince Kehoe, Madeleine Mack, Jim Nieto, Billie Bartleston, Lee Weiner, Kay Cave, Don Conover, Judy Nadelson, Mike Bottino and presently, Tom Weitzner.
The membership is concentrated in the New York area, but has quite a few members throughout the U.S. as well as members in Britain, France, Germany and Spain. More than 50% of the New York members fly to Spain every year for the temporada.
by Tom Weitzner
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