Don't dismiss using the strips. I put the 3 leds per pixel WS2811 strings from Ray into 3/4 pex pipe, at 10' it's 31 "nodes". Then just put a small drill hole on the bottom inside of each end, slipped a s hook in there and run a piece of string between the hooks. A single vertical rebar right in the middle keeps them upright, completely disappears at night.
Just a few minutes each, pretty inexpensive, totally protected from the weather. Will be protected in storage as well.
By theory I could run the 4 sets of arches off one SSC with connector plugs between the arches. I though I read RJ limited some string types to 120 nodes, but never tried them all, as I have a 41' set at 128 nodes of the same flex and it goes all the way to the end. You would probably need power injection from the other end if you ran all 4 arches off one ssc with the strips I used.
Alan