- Stingy:
- Do the {anything} call, but subtract a 1/4 turn from the first Arm Turn of the call.
- Generous:
- Do the {anything} call, but add a 1/4 turn to the first Arm Turn of the call.
For the purposes of Stingy and Generous, an Arm Turn is limited to the following movements as defined in the {anything} call:
- Arm Turn.
- Hinge from a Mini-Wave.
- Trade from a Mini-Wave.
- Cast Off from a Mini-Wave.
- Star turn, when opposite dancers are in a Mini-Wave.
Notes:
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What's not allowed
- Generous Counter Rotate
(from a Tidal Wave): Although the center two are turning
1/4 with each other, the call is not defined in terms of an Arm Turn or Hinge.
- Generous Swap The Wave
(from a L-H Wave):
Although one might argue that the
Centers part of the call is a Turn Thru (and hence an Arm Turn), the use of Stingy
and Generous should be avoided, because the call is a variation of Swap Around (a
no-hands call). We believe that Swap The Wave from either a R-H or a L-H Wave has
the tagging dancers doing the same action. The Turn Thru used by dancers is just a
convenience.
- Generous Pass The Ocean
(from Facing Couples:)
Even though the Belles' part strongly
feels like a Left Arm Turn 1/4, and is frequently danced that way, the definition of
Pass The Ocean does not contain an Arm Turn.
- As for combining Generous and Stingy (e.g., Generous Stingy 1/4 Thru)...
There are two cases to consider. For example, a Generous Stingy 1/4 Thru:
- Case 1. Generous and Stingy cancel each other out. A 1/4 is subtracted from the first
Hinge (to make it Stingy), then added back (to make it Generous). A Stingy Arm
Turn 1/4 is still an Arm Turn, even though the fraction is 0/4.
- Case 2. A Stingy 1/4 Thru is a Left Arm Turn 3/4 (you leave off the first Arm
Turn, then apply Generous to the Left Arm Turn 1/2 giving a Left Arm Turn 3/4).
Case 2 was tried several years ago, and was not well received by the dancers. Hence,
the current consensus is Case 1: Stingy and Generous both apply to the first part, and
they cancel each other out. Moral of the story: don't combine Stingy and Generous.
Yo-Yo Concept [C4]:
Replace the first Arm Turn 1/2 of the given call with an Arm Turn 3/4.
Fractal CONCEPT [C4] (Vic Ceder 1998):
Replace each Arm Turn 1/4 with an Arm Turn 3/4 and vice-versa.