As my band teacher has always said, always stick with band, under EVERY circumstance. It helps so much in your future and looks good on your resume. But fine, if you're a sporty girl, go for the sports. I say Band and it's been working for me, too. Mind you, I've given up a lot of sports but found something right for me--Karate. Karate isn't that time consuming if you're good at it. You just need to stretch every day and go to the lessons at the right times, and the rare tournament. But you don't have to attend it all the time.. and you could still do band. I don't know, just best of the both worlds.