In addition to the students who were getting their first taste of Nankuan music, the leading roles were taken by Shih Jui-lou of Lukang and Huang Chu-ling of Chingshui, who had both performed Nankuan opera many times.
其實，對於南管戲，他們大都是「只聞其名，不知其然」的大孩子。直到參加了這次的培訓計畫，才真正接觸到這個活生生的地方戲曲，也感受到它的無窮魅力。除了初次接觸南管戲的學員以外，有多次演出經驗的施瑞樓與黃珠玲，也分別從鹿港、清水遠道而來。