AFS Student David Price from N.Y. State, USA found the witty repartee provided by the entertainers to be hillariously funny.

Emperor Concepticus Enormous oversees the slaves serving delicacies to Lady Agusta Robusta (seated left), Lady Formica Britannica & Lady Academia Maxima.

Jaynie Till and Amy Cumming feasting with bread, friut juice and great company.

Rohan Wealleans presented himself as Hades, King of the Underworld, dressed in black.

The Emperor (Norman Maclean) presided over the Triclinium (dining room), summoning guests to the Imperial Bench.

Nichola Fraser & Angeline Young at the Royal Table.

Kelly Carrington, bemused by the entertainment.

Classical banquets required guests to recline rather than sit, to be waited on and to be entertained. Susan Eparaima and Rangi Wawatai were at ease with these conditions.