Sunya Folayan

Sunya is very nice, great communicator and easy to work with. The drums added a welcoming and very centering layer to the event.

My name is Greg James and I am one of the organizers of the Myrtle Beach Jazz Festival. I had the honor and privilege of having Sunya Folayan and her team at our event again this year. They did an outstanding job, and kept the crowd engaged the entire time! I highly recommend them for any cultural event!

I really enjoyed working with Sunya and Bilal this summer to plan my school's peace night event. Sunya was very personable and professional. She asked lots of great questions that helped her to really capture the objective of our event. This was crucial to the success of the program. I felt that because she cared enough to ask what it is that I'm looking for instead of what she's going to do really helped the success of our program too. Bilal was very engaging and flexible too. They were both self starters and needed little to no assistance from me. They also had great crowd management techniques that were also intertwined into their performance. Because of this, even when redirection was needed it didn't interfere with the flow of the program.

So I booked 2 awesome drummers for our Church community fun day event. They did a wonderful job, included crowd participation just great. I will most definitely book then again!!

Sunya and her associate Bilal provided a wonderful experience for our team members at Wells Fargo during our Juneteenth Celebration. Her sharing of the history and significance of the holiday was appreciated greatly and the African drum performance was superb. Some of our team members had the chance to participate as drummers and dancers, which was a fun and educational opportunity for everyone.

I am the co-founder of the Myrtle Beach Jazz Festival and I hired Sunya and her team to perform at our first event last October. They were very professional, entertaining and kept the crowd engaged for their entire set! They were so good, I am going to bring them back again this year. I highly recommend them for any cultural event, you will be very pleased with the results. Thank you!

I booked Sunya Folayan for my school's Family Curriculum Night! The schedule for evening had three dinner sessions. Parents and students enjoyed Ms. Folayan as their entertainment while they enjoyed dinner. During this time they learned about West African drumming and were fully engaged. Some were allowed to participate as Ms. Folayan did an excellent job getting the audience to participate in her sessions. Great performance!

The group was amazing and the energy they brought was at a all time high for us in the Burgess Community(Myrtle Beach) South Carolina. They were very friendly and approachable. I'll be acquiring their services again. They help make history in my community.

Sunya's performance was spectacular. She educated the audience with some of the language of west Africa by asking them to repeat after her and telling the meaning of the words and phrases. She also involved the audience by having some members of the audience to come on stage and participate in some basic dance steps, without putting anyone on the spot. Sunya was very professional she kept in contact with me in the weeks before the event all the way up to the date of the event. I truly enjoyed this experience and I will definitely book her in the future.

Sunya Folayan and Friends have come to our center on two occasions and our participants and staff just love having them to perform and bless our souls!
They involve our participants with hands on techniques as they give an educational approach to the customs of Africa. It is like traveling abroad and being right there with the drum rhythms of a deep African culture. We cannot wait till Sunya can return again. It is one of the best programs we have and we are the national role model Adult Day Program in the United States.

Sunya was awesome for my Safari Expedition Event. Very prompt, beautiful soul and awesome gift for her craft! Wonderful having her and her guest. I'd definitely have them back. Thanks for making my event a success!!

As a wedding/event planner, I measure my own success through my ability to grant my clients' wishes in the most extraordinary way possible. My bride & groom love and cherish the African heritage and it was a blessing for Mrs. Folayan to contract with us on such short notice. In my book, contracting with Sunya added to my success and for that I am grateful. Sunya Folayan was one of the most accommodating vendors I've ever worked with and her performance was great! It added a meaningful, unique and unexpected element to the reception that I'm sure will leave a lasting impression on the guests. She struck me as a very pleasant, kindhearted person who loves and believes in what she does. Her smile didn't leave her face the entire time she was in our presence and along with her nonchalant "go with the flow" demeanor, she was a breath of fresh. There was absolutely no pressure working with her and I will definitely be contracting with her again.