wedding receptions chennai isshtyle

I dont get it.
You get invited for a wedding;with a heavy dose of pressure that we should close the kitchen and attend for all the functions(four different meal times by the way).The family has recently moved into our neighbourhood, so the excessive invite was a bit too much, but still. We decided to go for the reception as it was conveniently on a sunday evening. I double checked that they did not have a light music programme. It was clearly mentioned that there was a carnatic music concert by master mandolin rajesh and company. I was looking forward to some soothing music and a quiet slip away.
SGS kalyana mandapam greeted us with a watchman who said, 'parking full sir'; so the first shot was fired. I had to then expect a 'HOUSE FULL" reception area. Yes it was overflowing with guests standing dutifully in a long serpentine queue upto the entrance. I had difficulty stepping into the place. Two old men were sitting disinterestedly in the reception area, guarding the 'chandan', rose flowers and kalkandu! I usually like to smear a bit of chandan on my palms, so i did that and invited myself in!. I then waded through the crowd and went to the hall where the kutchery was arranged. I gave a premature kudos to the organisers for separating the reception and kutchery. There were lots of empty chairs about and i headed for a vantage position and sat down to listen to mandolin music.
But i was rudely shaken by the din that was emanating from the dias. There was rajesh with the mandolin and was playing it with such a speed as though he was in a formula one race. What is it supposed to prove? As if this assault was not enough, the percussion duo of mridangist and ghadamist(?) banged their instrument hard and all the while keeping the mike very near to them. In all this melee, the three of them were smiling broadly as if they are enjoying themselves thoroughly.
Are they competing with light music troops for the noise level? Are they letting off steam for playing in a wedding reception where the audience attention is perhaps two seconds? Are they doing some sadhana where they want to test for themselves how fast their hands can dance over their instruments, melody be damned?
I remembered my 7th standard science teacher who introduced the subject of noise and music and asked us to differentiate the two. I never had much difficulty then and was surprised why she needs to pose such a question.
But here noise was being passed off as music. Somebody has to go meet 7th std science teacher for an orientation.