yeah...close together like in that big long curvy line at their first impact (all major chords OF COURSE), and that big shape at the end of the barber of seville, and a company front, and those arcs in 1812...
if you're definitely buying one of those two, i would recommend the king. the yamaha looks like an old model. i would prefer a new model yamaha over the kings, though.
no, i don't think it is. i wasn't attacking him, just anyone who comes on dcp looking for a spot in a drum corps. here is the call list that this thread set out to create:
www.dci.org/corps