Let the drums announce your celebration.
Squad Yellow, from SNC Events Management, plays traditional chenda melam for festivals, weddings and events. Share your date and we'll take care of the rhythm.
Tap the drum. It's yours for a minute.
Meet Squad Yellow.
White mundu, yellow border, and a sound you can feel in your chest. This is the team that turns up for your celebration.
Wherever there's a celebration, there's room for melam.
From a temple procession to a wedding entrance, we play for the moments that deserve a proper sound.
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Temple festivals and processions
Rhythm for the procession, the ceremonies and the long festival evenings that bring a whole community together.
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Weddings
Welcome the wedding party with a melam your guests will talk about for years. It's the first sound they hear.
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Openings and inaugurations
New shop, new home, new venture. Start with a sound that says something good is beginning.
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Cultural and corporate events
Receptions, annual days, launches and cultural programs that deserve a grand, traditional start.
Ask about events
See the squad in action.
Press play, turn the sound up, and imagine it at your event.
Four instruments, one big sound.
A chenda melam is a team effort. Here's who you'll hear.
Chenda
The lead drum, played with sticks. Loud, sharp and impossible to ignore.
Ilathalam
The cymbals that keep time, so everyone else can play with confidence.
Kombu
A curved brass horn that rises above the drums and lifts the whole crowd.
Kuzhal
A reed wind instrument that carries the melody through the thunder of the drums.
How a melam builds
A melam never starts at full volume. It begins unhurried, then climbs round after round until the whole street is moving.
Booking is simple.
Four steps from your first message to the first beat.
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Tell us the basics
Your date, your place and the occasion. It takes about a minute.
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We check and reply
We confirm availability and suggest a troupe size that fits your crowd and space.
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Agree the plan
Timings, route and any special requests, settled well before the day.
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Enjoy the day
We arrive ready to play. You enjoy the celebration.
Questions people ask us.
How early should we book?
As early as you can. Festival and wedding dates fill up quickly, so send us your date even if the other details aren't final.
Can the melam play during a procession?
Tell us the route and the distance when you enquire, and we'll plan around it.
Do you travel to other towns?
Tell us where the event is. We'll confirm whether we can reach you and what the travel involves.
How long does a performance run?
That depends on the occasion. Tell us what you have in mind and we'll suggest a length that suits it.
Is sending an enquiry the same as booking?
No. An enquiry just starts the conversation. Nothing is confirmed until we've spoken and agreed the details together.
Check your date.
Tell us what you're planning. We'll reply with availability and a troupe size that suits your event.
Prefer to talk? Call our team
This is an enquiry, not a booking. Nothing is confirmed until we've spoken.
Your enquiry is ready.
One last step. Send it to us on WhatsApp and we'll reply with availability.