thanks guys for all of your posts. i hadn't thought of the bowtie idea but the packs i'm using are sony wrt 822b, so it's fairly large and could be a bit combersome to fasten to a bowtie. i'll talk to wardrobe and see if we can't figure something out though. i talked with the director of the show about hiding the mic packs in their hats but they throw their hats at the end of the number and i very well can't keep the mics inside of them. i also mentioned something about putting the mic packs or belts inside a nylon stocking or surrounding them with something flesh toned to match their skin and he didn't like the idea for whatever reason. he's hard to please. i guess there were a few production meetings that i wasn't told about and they discussed and decided without me that i would just have to hang mics over the stage and the sound quality would just have to suffer. i really don't want to do that but unless i can convince them otherwise, i think it's pretty much my only option at this point. thanks again for your posts.