LAS EMPANADAS
("The little turnovers")
From Watsonville region, back to 1840s
Even number of couples (or not)
"Dances of Early California", 32-bar-waltz, tune in book

B: 1-16, intro:
         Couples waltz at random around the room; finish in 
         Sicilian Circle or Spanish Waltz formation.

[Or do this as a scatter mixer; finish finding at least one other couple and 
make a circle.]

A1: 1-4: Circle RIGHT  and
    5-8: Circle LEFT.

A2: 1-4: Flow into RIGHT HAND star and
    5-8: Left HAND back

B: 1-16: waltz on, finish re-formed into 'duple minor sets'


Informant "Mrs. Lomasa Cano" remarked that while waltzing around the room
during the last sixteen measures, people often exchanged partners when they
aproached someone with whom they wished to dance.