Inside the main tent, where dinner and dancing took place, tablescapes created by Heffernan Morgan were green in both the literal and figurative senses—green orchids studded the floral arrangements, which were made with recyclable plants. Other green touches included the programs that sat on each chair, which were made with environmentally friendly paper and printed with soy-based ink. The inside of the program featured literature on the zoo's greening efforts, which include newly installed solar panels above the main barn and a water filtration system that allows the zoo to reuse water for pools in the penguin house.

The dinner menu paid homage to The Wizard of Oz with everything from a first-course trio of "Tin Man's Open Faced Canape," "Scarecrow's Summer Chilled Pea Soup," and a "Cowardly Lion's Golden Beet Salad" to a dessert of summer berry and lemonade cake parfait crowned with a mini ruby slipper-shaped cookie.

Though the Ken Arlen Orchestra did slip a snippet of "Defying Gravity" (a song from the Oz-based musical Wicked) into its set for the evening, it stopped short of reenacting the Wizard of Oz soundtrack for after-dinner dancing. Instead, the band performed classic party tunes like "Sweet Caroline" and "Build Me Up, Buttercup" as guests hit the dance floor, which carried out the evening's theme in itself: Yellow brick-road patterned lights snaked across the floor, and an Emerald-City shaped chandelier dangled overhead.