By the time he was 19, with the support of Pan and fellow apprentices, Lee had organized a 30-member folk art troupe to perform in large cities on the mainland and in such overseas locations as the Philippines, Australia and Europe.
十九歲時在潘師傅及師兄弟支援下，組成了一個三十幾人的「李棠華技術團」，到全國各大城市表演。憑著組成分子的年輕和實力堅強，非常受大家歡迎，後來還遠征菲律賓、澳洲、歐洲等地，揚名海外。