The venue is a sizable ballroom, so "big roomy sound" will likely be there, even though my mics will be up close to the stage:
https://www.google.com/search?q=casa+loma+st+louis&client=safari&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=1HRyUrHnIojJsQS4xIDICA&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1405&bih=763I don't know which image represents how it'll look when I show up, but you get the idea. Not a huge stage, but a big room.
I'm getting permission to do this and will be using my mics located stage lip. I doubt I could place them anywhere aft, as that would be on the dance floor. Unless I'm mistaken, I don't think there will be an "audience section" apart from simple dinner tables and chairs somewhere.
Maybe if I can use my one stand with a stereo bar, centered, the vocals will take care of themselves ... assuming the PA isn't somehow way off to the side of the stage. I'll try to get some info between now and then as to where the PA will be located.
Regarding multitrack, I've
never done it before. I have Garageband and Logic Pro 9 available but zero experience with either apart from messing around. So I'm not necessarily "doing it anyway" -- I've done 2-ch, with a 2-ch recorder/editor (Amadeus Pro, which I think? might be able to multitrack record if I use an "aggregate audio device" in AudioMidi Setup on the Mac ... this shit rapidly makes my head spin and I don't want to fuck this up.