Table wines included an Acacia Pinot Noir from California’s Madonna Vineyard. As evening fell, guests moved to a parquet dance floor set up over the tennis courts and lit with pink floodlights. Disc jockey Terence Toy opened with a swing-era tape, then switched to livelier fare — Motown’s greatest dance tunes and Madonna’s own “Into the Groove.”
The bride danced with her usual enthusiasm, even lifting her layered skirt during one fast-moving number to reveal a flowered-brocade slip underneath. At about 10:00 p.m., the get-together began its slow dissolve. “It was all very intimate, except for those obnoxious helicopters,” departing Susan Seidelman, director of Desperately Seeking Susan, told PEOPLE at the time. “A very classy affair,” said another guest. “Like Tiffany’s with just a dash of flash.”
