STILT-WALKING HARLEQUINS, leaping court jesters, gladiators, riders on horseback, harem girls, and more descended upon the courtyard followed by a gilded carriage carrying five statuesque ladies dripping in jewels. This was the setting for one It was followed by a dinner at an outdoor pavilion on the property, where guests were serenaded by an opera singer, suspended from a series of lit balloons, who floated on the gardens' horizon.
