My most interesting "other" project I do every year:
to act as production/stage manager to a preliminary pageant called "Miss Spirit of the State." It's a prelim to the Miss America program and is an open Michigan pageant. (In other words, this is one of the pageants that sends its titleholder to the Miss Mighigan pageant, from which she can compete for the state title and go on to compete at Miss America).
It's one weekend of tech, final dress, opening a show and closing a show all in a matter of a few days...and dealing with scholarship contestants is very different from dealing with performers. We've taught a few of them to say "Thank you" after we give our calls!
It's exciting and stressful and you never know what you're gonna see. But it's a good time...