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Hi there
I've done quite a few things like this and it is going to be a compromise. However, try and get hold of some acoustic screens - the type they have in studios on wheels often with perspex windows in them - they weigh an absolute ton but you can then build a booth on location which will improve things enormously. I'm afraid the person who suggests recording separately didn't quite image the implications of putting 16 kids on headphones for playback - it would be a nightmare and the performance would probably suffer because it would be so alien to them - its hard enough getting the monitor mix right for session musicians who do it every day. You can also appeal to your rhythm section folks to play down in comparison to how they would in a full blown performance, playing to the mics rather than the audience.
Hope this helps
Matt
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