At last night’s 7:00 p.m. awards gala, the clearly taped “STAGE L” mic stand became a coat tree for three VIPs, resulting in 90 seconds of dead air while I rerouted to the backup wireless on RF Channel 12. Do you pre-stage decoy coat racks near stage left/right to keep talent hands-off, or am I the only one adding that to the load-in checklist?