It isn't too early here, just too short a night. DD had a track meet last night and based on previous experience I was expecting a midnight drive to the school to get her so I loaded up on sugar and caffeine, but she got home an hour earlier than expected. So I went to bed somewhere after 1 AM and am barely functioning. As a high school sports dad I have sat through cross country meets (cold, dark, occasionally wet, and you only see the runners at the beginning and the end), soccer (short season, occasionally warm and sunny, sometimes late and dark, but I don't understand rules and our co-ed team has no experience), boys basketball (2-3 games a week all across the region for what seems like an eternity, hard benches, but a well stocked concession stand), girls basketball (like boys but with more bouncing and less points), baseball (usually sunny, and would have been fun to watch if the team had been any good), track and field (lots of kids running around, lots of time waiting doing nothing, most of the events are too far away from the stands to see what is going on, and meets that run for over 5 hours). Not sure which the best option is but they all have dance beat! Did that when DD was little. I think dance is just an excuse to support the dance outfit industry.