In 1982 Ch'en Chien-ming assembled a joint troupe of Taiwanese folk opera singers, based on the old Liang Yueh troupe from Chuangsan but including singers from Chiaohsi and Lotung too, and arranged for them to appear at the Taipei Folk Drama Festival under the sponsorship of its director, Professor Tseng Yung-i.
民國七十一年，陳健銘以壯三涼樂團為主，再召集礁溪、羅東等地的老歌仔戲藝人湊合成班，輾轉找到當時民間劇場的主辦人曾永義教授，硬是以八千元演出費，帶著這最後一代老歌仔戲藝人上台北民間劇場演出。