The Continental Co-ets

The band was composed of teenage girls enrolled at Fulda High School. Nancy Hofmann played the bass guitar, Carol Goins on lead guitar, Vicki Steinman on drums, and Carolyn Behr on rhythm guitar. Later, the group included Hofmann's sister, MaryJo Hofmann, on keyboards. They gained recognition for being one of the first female bands formed, and to play their own instruments. The band was encouraged by their chorus teacher, David Edwards, to start performing. The group's first public performance was at a movie theater in Marshall, Minnesota. In the beginning, the band only played instrumentals as they did not have a lead vocalist. Another local band, The Vultures, invited the group to a "battle of the sexes". The Continental Co-ets practiced extensively, and included vocals to their performance which led to a successful concert. This, along with other similar performances, opened the band to a broader audience.{{cite web|url=http://www.southdakotarockandrollmusicassociation.com/feature/continental_coets.htm|title=The Continental Co-ets|work=southdakotarockandrollassociation.com|author=Don Fritz|access-date=March 26, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.murraycountynews.net/default.asp?storyid=6751&secid=105|title=Fulda's Continental Co-era Inducted Into Iowa Rock and Roll Hall of Fame|work=murraycountynews.com|access-date=March 26, 2015}} Their touring extended throughout the Midwest and Canada.{{cite web|url=http://www.fuldafreepress.net/default.asp?storyid=49025|title=Through Their Mothers' Eyes|work=fuldafreepress.com|access-date=March 26, 2015}}

In late 1965, the band traveled to Milford, Iowa to record two original compositions, "I Don't Love You No More" and "Medley of Junk", for the IGL (Iowa Great Lakes) label.{{Cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/artist/the-continental-coets|title = The Continental Co-Ets Discography - USA - 45cat}} About 1,000 copies were produced for release and charted in some parts of Canada. They recorded two more songs in March 1966, but were not released until the 1990s.{{cite web|url=https://www.iowarocknroll.com/inductees/88/continental-co-ets/|title=Continental Co-ets|work=iowarockandroll.com|access-date=March 26, 2015}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/lets-live-for-the-present-mw0000982094|title=Let's Live for the Present - The Continental Co-Ets - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2017-05-23}}

In 1967, the band disbanded when the members either left for college or got married. In 2002, the band was inducted into the Iowa Hall of Fame. The band reformed to perform at the induction ceremony.

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• [http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/200108/21_steilm_girlband-m/ Remembering the Continental Co-ets]
• [http://www.iowarocknroll.com/inductee-details.php?id=88 Iowa Rock'n Roll Music Association 2002 Hall of Fame Inductee... Continental Co-ets]
• [http://www.lostinthegrooves.com/node/3215 Meet the Continental Co-ets]

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