Hi watches, when you say group vocals are you speaking of choir-type singing? will there be any soloists at any point? there are many brands, but i suggest if going with choir-type you may want to consider small diaphragm condenser microphones hung from above. mics like the shure EZO and audio-technica UPW853PM are used for permanent install purposes such as these and fall within your price range. sometimes boundary or PZM (pressure zone microphones) are used in stage micing when reflections/reverberation from an acoustic space needs to be reduced, but this is a floor or wall flush mounted mic and may not suit your purpose. your pick up pattern is important as well. consider an omni pattern for your microphones as it will compliment the group singing (but not particularly good for soloist unless they are directly in line with the mic head. hope this helps and good luck. kind regards, g.

You need to first ask yourself how loud the things are that you don't want to have come through the mics. if you have drums and a band near the vocalists a condenser mic will pick them up and no matter what you do, you will have problems with feedback etc.. you will, in that case, be better off with a dynamic mic such as a Shure SM-58, one for each singer, in each of their hands. otherwise I like what gyi suggested. I have just been throught this problems at a gospel church. they had a complete set of condenser mics, all within 20 feet of the drums with no plexiglass barrier around the drums. they couldn't figure out why they couldn't hear the vocalists over the drums. it wansn't until we put a SM-58 in each of the vocalists hands and sectioned off the drummer with a plastic wall, that the sound situation was under control. I think they may still have the condenser mics if you want them.