At the mention of traditional music, many of them thought at once of weddings and funerals, and some said, "We send our kids to school to study, not to learn how to bury people."
潘英湖表示，許多父母一聽到北管、車鼓，立刻聯想起婚喪喜慶上的行伍。有人說：「我們是送小孩來念書，不是來學送葬。」也有人認為，「這些雜耍上不了檯面。」