Highlights from 2012

2012 had many grand moments for us as we began this music journey. Here are a few highlights: 
Participating in the Katy Days Got Talent competition and making it to the finals.

Singing in Fort Scott and Cottonwood Falls.

Winning the Kansas Fiddling and Picking Folk Ensemble Championship in Lawrence, KS.

Performing at Walnut Valley Festival, Winfield, KS.

Our first auditorium concert with Kentucky 31, Parsons, KS.

Releasing our debut cd, Old Time Noise.

Ending our season with a second auditorium concert, this time with Jimmy Fortune and T Graham Brown.

Click HERE if you'd like to purchase a copy or digital download of Old Time Noise. We look forward to sharing new music with you in 2013!

Thank You Dinner

This past weekend we served a Thank You Dinner as a meager way to show our appreciation to those who helped with our CD, Old Time Noise. It was a fun evening of food, fellowship, and music entertainment.

Three sisters singing a few songs

Again, our thanks to:

Russell Head - Engineer/Producer/Instrumentation

Daniel Bley - Package Design

Angelyn Hobson - Photography

Ron and Matt Oliphant - Instrumentation

Lee Edward Head - Assistant Engineer

Judith Vogts - Clothing Designer

Nicki Vogts - Hair Stylist

and Randy Bond - Concert Promotion
LCC Recording Arts Technology Department

Old Time Noise Available Online

 

Our CD launch party this weekend at Horizons was an awesome success! The girls performed  two 45-minute sets and sold and signed lots of CDs. Thanks to everyone who spent the afternoon with us to celebrate this exciting milestone. 

And thanks to Aaron and Nicole Habiger for hosting this event for us and for providing such wonderful appetizers and refreshment. 

For those who were unable to attend one of our launches, we are excited to announce that you may now order our music online! Old Time Noise, is available for order or digital download at CD Baby. Digital copies may also be purchased on Amazon, Google Music, or ITunes. 

We're excited that our music is available to the public, and we would love your help in spreading the news. We encourage you to make "some noise" by telling your friends and sharing this post on your social networks. 

Thanks so much for your friendship and support. We are humbled and amazed by it. 

Old Time Noise Launch Party

Join us this weekend for our final launch party to celebrate the release of our debut album, Old Time Noise. It'll be a fun afternoon with good food, music, and fellowship. Hope to see you there! 

Horizons at Prairie Ridge

15900 Hwy 59

Erie, KS 

Sunday, November 4, 2012

1-3:00 PM

$10 suggested donation per person. Appetizers and refreshments served with live acoustic entertainment by The Vogts Sisters. 

CD's available for sale at a 20% discount to those in attendance. 

Join Us At The Emma Chase Music Hall

This weekend we're having our first launch party for our debut cd, Old Time Noise. We hope you'll join us for a lovely evening of good food and entertainment.

Saturday, October 27

Emma Chase Music Hall

220 1/2 Broadway

Cottonwood Falls, KS

7:30 PM

$5 suggested donation at the door

A pre-concert dinner will be served at the Emma Chase Cafe (by reservation only) from 5-7:00 PM. Make your dinner reservations at 620-673-6020. 

Old Time Noise ~ CD Launch Party

It's finally happening! After months of recording and working on songs, our cd's are in production and should arrive this week. It's been an exciting journey, and we're honored to have had this opportunity. 

We're eager to share our music with you as we launch our debut album, Old Time Noise. 

Our first launch party is Saturday, October 27 at the Emma Chase Music Hall in Cottonwood Falls, KS--where our love for bluegrass-folk music began. A pre-concert dinner will be held from 5-7:00 PM by reservation only at the Emma Chase Cafe. Make your reservations for dinner at 620-273-6020. The concert begins at 7:30. 

The second concert party will be held on Sunday, November 4, at Horizons at Prairie Ridge in Erie, KS. We hope you'll make plans to "celebrate with us" at one of these concerts!  Thanks for your support and kindness. We greatly appreciate it. 

CD's will be available for order or digital download in a few weeks.

Recording Instrumentals

We're on the last stretch of the recording process for our debut CD, Old Time Noise, and Russ, our technical engineer, is working all hours to reach the finish line. 

We thought it might be fun to let you in on some of our last moments in the recording studio, when we worked to add some additional instrumentals to our songs.

Here with musicians, Ron and Matt Oliphant.

Matt on fiddle

And finally, Abbey and Russ working through a mandolin segment for one of the songs. 

There's still time to enter your chance to win a pair of FREE tickets to our upcoming Bluegrass Concert on Saturday, September 29. See entry details here: 

Album Cover

As we enter into the final process of making our CD, we're trying to decide on a cover for the album. Hard, hard, hard decisions. We wanted to use pictures taken at the Brown Mansion and plan to use two of the railroad pictures for the inside insert. So, here are our top three choices (in no particular order). 

Cover #1

Cover #2

Cover #3

We could use some help in this decision. If you'd care to give us your opinion, please visit our Facebook Page where we are taking a poll or leave a comment below this post. Also, do you like the shaded edges? Do you like the fonts? Do you have other suggestions? Thanks so much for your help! 

Main Photo Shoot ~ the Brown Mansion

Abbey and Maggie have always had a fondness for history, so when they were trying to come up with fun ideas for their main photo shoot, I casually mentioned that we might be able to take pictures at the Brown Mansion in Coffeyville, KS. 

Their eyes sparked with enthusiasm at having a chance to visit one of their favorite historical sites in our area, so I immediately began my quest to make it happen.

 If you've never visited or heard of the Brown Mansion, we highly recommend checking it out. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the three-story, 16-room home was built by W.P. Brown in 1904. 

Some of our favorite features are the two-story entryway, the ballroom on the third floor, the Tiffany lead-glass accents and chandelier, and the verandas. But really, the entire home is absolutely charming--and the perfect setting for our main photo shoot. 

The girls standing by the walnut and mahogany inglenook in the Great Hall.

Maggie in Violet's Bedroom

The girls in the Taft Room, where President Taft rested when he visited Coffeyville in 1912. Pictures taken by our fabulous photographer, Angelyn Hobson.  

We're saving the best photos for another time, when we hope to share with you some cover ideas for the CD. Until then, please let us know what you think. Do you love the girls' dresses and hairstyles? Do you think the Brown Mansion is a great setting for this photo shoot? Have you visited the Brown Mansion? 

Getting Dolled Up

The first photo shoot now finished, the girls decided on something really fun for the main shoot. Part of that process included creating some great outfits and doing something new with the girls' hair. Thankfully, they have a grandma who is an awesome seamstress, and a talented cousin who is a beautician. 

The girls wanted to go with a vintage look for their main photo shoot, and found a lovely Vogue pattern for their dresses. 

Once the dresses were finished, we called on Nicki for some help with their hair.

Abbey wanted a new style but wasn't sure what to think of the "ratting" process.

It turned out pretty cute! 

Maggie went for a haircut and style. They decided her hair was too thick for the Elizabeth Taylor hairstyle they first imagined.

So they tried again. Ta da!
Stay tuned for pictures from the main photo shoot at the Brown Mansion in Coffeyville, KS.

First Photo Shoot

There are two creative aspects in making a CD--the music part and the visual (ie. the cover insert.) This summer the girls scheduled two photo shoots in an effort to come up with some great pictures for the cover and insert. 

The album they are working on includes both new and traditional Folk/Americana music, but even the new music has an old-time feel--thus the album title Old Time Noise. They decided on some outside shots in an effort to capture this theme, and chose an old bridge south of the Shaw bluff, a place they often ride their horses. 

The album has a couple of railroad songs on it, so they wanted some shots on the railroad tracks north of Erie. 

Our photographer, Angelyn Hobson, captured some fantastic expressions here.  

Next up, they had pictures taken on a gorgeous porch in Erie. The girls changed outfits and pulled out their new instruments for this segment.  

Everyone should have a chance to sip lemonade and relax with some music on a porch swing. 

 Their last stop that morning was their Grandma Vogts' house, where they had some shots taken in her sun room. All-in-all it was a fun morning, but the girls did get a little tired of smiling. 

In the Recording Studio

This summer, Maggie and Abbey have had the privilege to record some songs in a recording studio. It came about after the Katy Days Got Talent competition, when Russell Head, director of the Recording Arts Technology Department at LCC, invited us to visit his studio. 

What came next was a whirlwind of activity.

 Hours of recording, listening, and trying various arrangements. 

Right now, they're in the process of rerecording a few songs, including two of Maggie's original works. We'll keep you posted on when the CD will release. Fun times!