Nick describes the ambitious and elaborate preparations for Gatsby's parties in chapter three. Caterers come and set up enormous canvas tents and a dance floor and decorate with colored lights and flowers. Oranges and lemons arrive by the crate and are juiced by Gatsby's butler. Buffet tables are generously filled with food, and Gatsby has a fully stocked bar set up even though Prohibition is in effect. He hires a full orchestra, and performers from New York come to entertain. Waiters are brought in to serve his guests. Gatsby employs gardeners and handymen to prepare his lawn and gardens and then clean and repair damage after the parties. He sends a station wagon to pick up guests at the train station, and some arrive chauffeured by Gatsby's Rolls Royce. He has two motorboats and a seaplane and a raft with a tower for swimmers on his beachfront.
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925.
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