Thanks for all the advice and ideas. Keep 'em coming!

Many of our performances are benefits at my husband's church. They have a great sound board in a closet on the stage, speakers built into an acoustically bad hall, and 2 plugs for mics right in the stage floor. We'd like them to buy a single mic that could be used for everything, for several reasons. There is no sound guy. There is no budget. There may need to be quick changes and lots of room on the stage between acts that might be children dancing, choirs singing and our amateur bluegrass band performing.

We've done sound with our own PA system, and tried various combinations of amps, monitors, individual mics, etc. We can usually get a reasonable sound, but need an hour before to set up and an hour after to take down, when we least feel like it. We've also had sound done for us by an acoustic-friendly engineer, and it was WONDERFUL, and such a treat compared to what we usually have to deal with. My point is that we'd like to SIMPLIFY and also make it sound like good ole bluegrass, using limited funds, limited personnel and limited time.

Sorry for commandeering this thread. . .