Man alive, what a great forum! Many thanks to all of you for the wealth of solutions! And that includes Cory who e-mailed me directly. Got to read all this two or three times and print it out, cause alot of the product nomenclature is Greek to me now, but I guess when you start to get into it, the various types of mics will gel in my mind. Got to visit one of the local music stores and talk to the sound guys.
Again, many thanks.
JB