Seeing everyone dancing at the harvest festival sparked emotional memories in him and the wish that he could dance at normal times. After all, Wu's brother Wu Te-sheng led a dance troupe at Yichang Junior High which frequently won competitions. "If kids in Hualien could dance well, why not kids in Miaoli?"
吳德貴過年過節都會回鄉，看到大家豐年祭的舞姿，懷念之情油然而生，希望在平時也能跳；再加上吳德貴的大哥吳德盛指導的宜昌國中，在舞蹈比賽中都有優異表現，「既然花蓮的孩子們可以跳那麼好，為什麼苗栗的孩子不能跳？」