CLAYTON'S LADIES CHAIN (CL091 February 1991)
By: Jeff Garbutt, Western Australia 

The following compilation of figures is a "Clayton's Ladies Chain", (the ladies chain you have when you're not having a ladies chain). These sequences are designed for callers who have traffic patterns that require a different partner, (to original), to start with; but the caller wishes to make the lady chain set-up invisible to the dancer.

Note that the sequences bring everyone back "in sequence" to a square set, but some rotate the set. In this case it may be necessary to call "Head positions..." when starting the main figure.
 

Claytons is a brand name that was the subject of a major marketing campaign in Australia in the 1970s and 1980s, promoting a "the drink you have when you're not having a drink" at a time when alcohol was being targeted as a major factor in the road toll.The term Clayton's has entered into Australian vernacular where it represents a "substitute". It can also be used to describe something that is effectively in existence but does not take the appropriate name, e.g. a common-law couple might be described as having a "Claytons marriage".