19th Annual Best of Weddings Awards Recognizes Top Wedding Wedding Professionals Across U.S.

Milwaukee, WI/March 7th 2025 — Jerald Donegan of For the People Entertainment is pleased to announce that he been selected as a 2025 ­­winner of The Knot Best of Weddings. This marks the 5th year For the People Entertainment has been named as The Knot Best of Weddings award winner. This accolade represents the top local wedding professionals as reviewed by real couples on The Knot, a leading all-in-one wedding planning resource offering a comprehensive suite of digital tools to help couples throughout their planning journey.

In its nineteenth annual year, The Knot continues its long-standing tradition of supporting the expertise and outstanding service of local wedding professionals with The Knot Best of Weddings 2025. As a trusted source for couples searching for top wedding vendors across the country, this prestigious award honors those vendors on The Knot deemed by couples as reliable, dependable and consistently delivering quality service.

To determine the winners, The Knot assessed thousands of user reviews for 200,000+ wedding professionals within its Vendor Marketplace across various categories—planners, venues, officiants, musicians, DJs, florists, photographers, caterers, hair and makeup artists and more—to find the top vendors of the year. Vendors who have received at least 7 reviews on The Knot with an average score of 4.5+ in 2024 received The Knot Best of Weddings Award. These winners represent the top wedding professionals that best embody what matters to couples in their wedding planning journey.

“We are humbled by our success, and we know that it couldn’t have been possible without the support of our happy clients, and those that spread the word about us!”

The Knot supports local wedding professionals through The Knot Vendor Marketplace, where couples can search, compare and connect to book any of the hundreds of thousands of local wedding professionals across the country all in one place. Each vendor Storefront  features insightful reviews, real wedding photos, and details about the vendor and their services. The Knot Best of Weddings award gives couples the confidence to book the best vendors to bring their wedding visions to life. In combination with years of trusted content, The Knot’s innovative technology helps all couples seamlessly plan a wedding that’s authentically them.

Wedding professionals who win The Knot Best of Weddings are members of WeddingPro, The Knot Worldwide’s business-to-business wedding brand. As the largest wedding Vendor Marketplace and community for wedding professionals, WeddingPro connects small businesses with millions of engaged couples each year on The Knot and WeddingWire, as well as with hundreds of thousands of pros in the industry. Through its online marketplaces, performance insights, educational programs and community-building events, WeddingPro is dedicated to giving wedding professionals access to the largest community of couples, a network of pros and data-backed guidance to help them grow their businesses.

For more information about For the People Entertainment, please visit us on The Knot HERE

For more information about The Knot Best of Weddings and this year’s winners, please visit here.

About For the People Entertainment

Operating out of Glendale, WI, For the People Entertainment offers a first-rate DJ and MC service for weddings and other special events. Business owner, Jerald Donegan, A.K.A DJ JayDub is a seasoned professional who is deeply committed to his craft. His expertise is packing dancefloors and tailoring soundtracks to match and elevate the atmosphere of exciting matrimonial celebrations.

Jerald has been operating behind the decks for over one and a half decades, ensuring his clients he has extensive industry experience and knowledge. For the People Entertainment has made its name synonymous with making lifetime memories, and Jerald is known to go that extra mile no matter what. This expert makes it his top priority to provide more than just a good time. He aims to tailor the experience to reflect the energy and style of the couples he feels so lucky to work alongside.

For your convenience, For the People Entertainment allows you to customize a wedding package to suit your particular needs. This ensures that you and yours receive a personalized set of services and an experience to match. Jerald provides his own high-quality sound equipment to each wedding event along with professional uplighting to help generate an exciting ambience on the dance floor.

About The Knot

The Knot is a leading all-in-one wedding planning resource offering a comprehensive suite of digital tools to help couples throughout their planning journey. Powering wedding celebrations through technology, the brand offers The Knot Vendor Marketplace, which connects couples with more than 200,000 local wedding professionals, and personalized wedding websites, invitations and registry services. The most trusted authority on wedding planning, The Knot reaches a majority of engaged couples in the US through TheKnot.com; a leading wedding planning app with the most 5-star reviews on iOS and Android, The Knot Wedding Planner; The Knot national wedding magazine; and The Knot book series. Since its inception, The Knot has inspired approximately 25 million couples to plan a wedding that’s authentic to them. Visit The Knot online at TheKnot.com and follow on social media: @TheKnot on TikTok, Instagram, Pinterest and Threads and Facebook.com/TheKnot.

For the People Entertainment wins AGAIN!

 For the People Entertainment NAMED WINNER OF THE KNOT BEST OF WEDDINGS 2024

18th Annual Best of Weddings Awards Honor the Top Wedding Professionals Across America

Glendale, Wisconsin/January 31st 2024—(Ijerald Donegan, CEO of For the People Entertainment is pleased to announce that his company has been selected as a 2024 ­­winner of The Knot Best of Weddings. This accolade represents the top local wedding professionals as reviewed by real couples on The Knot, a digital wedding planning authority and one of the largest wedding Vendor Marketplaces in the US. This is the 4^th year For the People Entertainment has been named a winner of The Knot Best of Weddings awards.

In its eighteenth annual year, The Knot continues its long-standing tradition of supporting the expertise and outstanding service of local wedding professionals with The Knot Best of Weddings 2024. As a go-to guide of top wedding vendors across the country, this prestigious award honors those vendors on The Knot deemed by couples as trusted, dependable and consistently delivering quality service.

To determine the winners, The Knot assessed thousands of user reviews for 200,000+ wedding professionals within its Vendor Marketplace across various categories—planners, venues, officiants, musicians, DJs, florists, photographers, caterers, hair and makeup artists, and more—to find the top vendors of the year. Vendors who have received at least 7 reviews on The Knot with an average score of 4.5+ between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2023 received The Knot Best of Weddings Award. These winners represent the top wedding professionals that best embody what matters to couples in their wedding planning journey.

“Year after year we continue to serve to the highest standards, and we’re honored once again to achieve this prestigious award”-Jerald Donega, CEO For the People Entertainment

The Knot supports local wedding professionals through The Knot Vendor Marketplace, where couples can search, compare, and connect to book any of the hundreds of thousands of local wedding professionals across the country all in one place. Each vendor storefront  features insightful reviews, real wedding photos, and details about the vendor and their services. The Knot Best of Weddings award gives couples the confidence to book the best vendors to bring their wedding visions to life. In combination with years of trusted content, The Knot’s innovative technology helps all couples seamlessly plan a wedding that’s authentically them.

Wedding professionals who win The Knot Best of Weddings are members of WeddingPro, The Knot Worldwide’s business-to-business wedding brand. As the largest wedding Vendor Marketplace and community for wedding professionals, WeddingPro connects small businesses with millions of engaged couples each year on The Knot and WeddingWire, as well as with hundreds of thousands of pros in the industry. Through its online marketplaces, educational programs and community-building events, WeddingPro is dedicated to helping wedding professionals build relationships with couples and pros that grow their businesses.

For more information about For the People Entertainment, please visit us on The Knot

For more information about The Knot Best of Weddings and this year’s winners, please visit here.

About For the People Entertainment

IOperating out of Glendale, WI, For the People Entertainment offers a first-rate DJ and MC service for weddings and other special events. Business owner, Jerald Donegan, A.K.A DJ JayDub is a seasoned professional who is deeply committed to his craft. His expertise is packing dancefloors and tailoring soundtracks to match and elevate the atmosphere of exciting matrimonial celebrations.

Jerald has been operating behind the decks for over one and a half decades, ensuring his clients he has extensive industry experience and knowledge. For the People Entertainment has made its name synonymous with making lifetime memories, and Jerald is known to go that extra mile no matter what. This expert makes it his top priority to provide more than just a good time. He aims to tailor the experience to reflect the energy and style of the couples he feels so lucky to work alongside.

For your convenience, For the People Entertainment allows you to customize a wedding package to suit your particular needs. This ensures that you and yours receive a personalized set of services and an experience to match. Jerald provides his own high-quality sound equipment to each wedding event along with professional uplighting to help generate an exciting ambience on the dance floor.

About The Knot

The Knot is a leading wedding Vendor Marketplace that connects couples with more than 200,000 local wedding professionals and offers a comprehensive suite of planning tools that includes personalized wedding websites, invitations and registry services that make planning easier to help couples enjoy the experience. The most trusted authority on wedding planning, The Knot reaches a majority of engaged couples in the US through TheKnot.com; the #1 wedding planning app on iOS and Android, The Knot Wedding Planner; The Knot national wedding magazine; and The Knot book series. Since its inception, The Knot has inspired approximately 25 million couples to plan a wedding that’s authentic to them. Visit The Knot online at TheKnot.com and follow on social media: @TheKnot on TikTok, Instagram, Pinterest and Threads and Facebook.com/TheKnot.

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2023 WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Awards®
For the People Entertainment Named Winner in 2023
WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Awards®

15th Annual Couples’ Choice Awards Honor the Top Wedding Vendors Nationwide and Abroad

Whitefish Bay, January 22, 2023. — For the People Entertainment was announced as a winner of the 2023
WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Awards®, an accolade representing the top wedding professionals across the
board in quality, service, responsiveness and professionalism reviewed by couples on WeddingWire, a trusted
wedding vendor marketplace.

To determine these distinguished wedding professionals, WeddingWire analyzed reviews within its Vendor
Directory across more than 20 service categories—from venues and caterers to florists and photographers—to
find the most- and highest-rated vendors of the year. The winners exhibit superior professionalism,
responsiveness, service and quality when interacting with the millions of couples who turn to WeddingWire to
help with their wedding planning process each month.

Wedding professionals who win WeddingWire Couple’s Choice Awards® are members of WeddingPro, a leading
B2B wedding brand. As the largest marketplace and community for wedding professionals, WeddingPro
connects businesses with more than 20 million unique monthly visitors who are planning weddings on The Knot
and WeddingWire, as well as with hundreds of thousands of pros in the industry. Through its online
marketplaces, educational programs and community-building events, WeddingPro is dedicated to helping
wedding professionals build relationships with couples and pros that grow their businesses.

For the People Entertainment is honored to be one of the top vendors in DJ in Whitefish Bay on WeddingWire.

For more information about For the People Entertainment, please visit us on WeddingWire.

To learn more about the Couples’ Choice Awards®, visit www.weddingwire.com/couples-choice-awards.

About For the People Entertainment

For the People Entertainment is a wedding DJ based in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin. With over 15 years of
experience, this talented professional provides a proven and versatile service. For your special day, they will
work with you to create a personalized experience tailored to your celebration.

Services Offered

For the People Entertainment can provide their services for the entirety of your wedding day. From the beginning
of the ceremony to the last person leaving the dance floor, they can be there for it all. They will also work with
you before your wedding day to learn all the details needed to create an entertainment schedule for your
celebration. Along with its expansive music library, this agency also offers:

Cordless microphones
Dance floor lighting
Fog machine
Uplighting
Karaoke

About WeddingWire
WeddingWire is a trusted online and app-based marketplace, connecting couples with local wedding
professionals across the US and internationally through WeddingWire.in and WeddingWire.ca, with a suite of
comprehensive tools that make wedding planning easier. Operating within the $250 billion global wedding
industry, WeddingWire helps couples find the right team of wedding professionals to plan and execute a
wedding celebration personalized to them. Couples planning their weddings can read millions of vendor reviews
and search, compare and book from a directory of hundreds of thousands of vendors local to them. Visit
WeddingWire online at WeddingWire.com, WeddingWire.ca, and WeddingWire.in and follow on social media:
Facebook.com/WeddingWire and @WeddingWire on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest

For the People Entertainment NAMED WINNER OF THE KNOT BEST OF WEDDINGS 2023

17th Annual Best of Weddings Awards Honor the Top Wedding Professionals Across America

 Glendale, Wisconsin/January 19^th, 2023—Jerald Donegan, Owner & CEO is pleased to announce that we have been selected as a 2023 ­­winner of The Knot Best of Weddings, an accolade representing the highest- and most-rated wedding professionals as reviewed by real couples, their families and wedding guests on The Knot, a leading wedding vendor marketplace and planning authority that’s inspired 25 million couples to plan a wedding that’s uniquely them. This is the Third year in a row For the People Entertainment has been named a winner of The Knot Best of Weddings awards.

In its seventeenth annual year, The Knot continues its long-standing tradition of supporting local wedding professionals with The Knot Best of Weddings 2023, an annual by-couples, for-couples guide to the top wedding vendors across the country.

To determine the winners, The Knot analyzed millions of its user reviews across various vendor categories—planners, venues, musicians, florists, photographers, caterers and more—to find the highest-rated vendors of the year. These winners represent the best of the best wedding professionals that engaged couples should consider booking for their own unique weddings.

The Knot supports local wedding professionals through The Knot Marketplace, where couples can find and connect with any of the hundreds of thousands of local wedding professionals across the country to create their ideal wedding day. The Knot Best of Weddings award gives couples the confidence to book the best vendors to bring their wedding visions to life. In combination with years of trusted content, The Knot’s innovative technology helps all couples seamlessly plan a wedding that’s authentically them.

“Thanks to our loyal clients, we continue to grow and add new customers to our happy family of clients. We are thrilled to earn this award again this year!” JERALD DONEGAN, CEO FOR THE PEOPLE ENTERTAINMENT

Wedding professionals who win The Knot Best of Weddings are members of WeddingPro, a leading B2B wedding brand. As the largest marketplace and community for wedding professionals, WeddingPro connects businesses with more than 20 million unique monthly visitors who are planning weddings on The Knot and WeddingWire, as well as with hundreds of thousands of pros in the industry. Through its online marketplaces, educational programs and community-building events, WeddingPro is dedicated to helping wedding professionals build relationships with couples and pros that grow their businesses.

For more information about The Knot Best of Weddings and this year’s winners, please visit https://www.theknot.com/vendors/best-of-weddings.

About (For the People Entertainment)

Operating out of Glendale, WI, For the People Entertainment offers a first-rate DJ and MC service for weddings and other special events. Business owner, Jerald Donegan, A.K.A DJ JayDub is a seasoned professional who is deeply committed to his craft. His expertise is packing dance floors and tailoring soundtracks to match and elevate the atmosphere of exciting matrimonial celebrations.

Jerald has been operating behind the decks for over one and a half decades, ensuring his clients he has extensive industry experience and knowledge. For the People Entertainment has made its name synonymous with making lifetime memories, and Jerald is known to go that extra mile no matter what. This expert makes it his top priority to provide more than just a good time. He aims to tailor the experience to reflect the energy and style of the couples he feels so lucky to work alongside.

For your convenience, For the People Entertainment allows you to customize a wedding package to suit your particular needs. This ensures that you and yours receive a personalized set of services and an experience to match. Jerald provides his own high-quality sound equipment to each wedding event along with professional uplighting to help generate an exciting ambience on the dance floor.

About The Knot

The Knot is an authority on wedding planning and advice, offering a seamless, all-in-one solution—from finding inspiration and local vendors to creating and managing all guest experiences, wedding registries, invitations and more. The most-trusted, highest-rated brand reaches a majority of engaged couples in the US through the #1 wedding planning website TheKnot.com and #1 iOS and Android mobile app The Knot Wedding Planner, The Knot national wedding magazine, and The Knot book series. Since its inception, The Knot has inspired approximately 25 million couples to plan a wedding that’s uniquely them. Visit The Knot online at TheKnot.com and follow on social media: Facebook.com/TheKnot and @TheKnot on Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram.

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2022 WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Awards®

For the People Entertainment Named Winner in 2022

WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Awards®

14th Annual Couples’ Choice Awards Honor the Top Wedding Vendors Nationwide and Abroad

Whitefish Bay, February 16, 2022. — For the People Entertainment was announced as a winner of the 2022
WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Awards®, an accolade representing the top wedding professionals across the
board in quality, service, responsiveness and professionalism reviewed by couples on WeddingWire, a leading
wedding vendor marketplace.
To determine these distinguished wedding professionals, WeddingWire analyzed reviews within its Vendor
Directory across more than 20 service categories—from venues and caterers to florists and photographers—to
find the most- and highest-rated vendors of the year. The winners exhibit superior professionalism,
responsiveness, service and quality when interacting with the millions of couples who turn to WeddingWire to
help with their wedding planning process each month.
Wedding professionals who win WeddingWire Couple’s Choice Awards® are members of WeddingPro, a leading
B2B wedding brand. A marketplace and community for wedding professionals, WeddingPro connects businesses
with more than 13 million unique monthly visitors who are planning weddings on WeddingWire and The Knot, as
well as with hundreds of thousands of pros in the industry. Through its online marketplaces, educational
programs and community-building events, WeddingPro is dedicated to helping wedding professionals build
relationships with couples and pros that grow their businesses.
For the People Entertainment is honored to be one of the top vendors in DJ in Whitefish Bay on WeddingWire.
For more information about For the People Entertainment, please visit us on WeddingWire.
To learn more about the Couples’ Choice Awards®, visit www.weddingwire.com/couples-choice-awards.
About For the People Entertainment
For the People Entertainment is a wedding DJ based in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin. With over 15 years of
experience, this talented professional provides a proven and versatile service. For your special day, they will
work with you to create a personalized experience tailored to your celebration.
Services Offered
For the People Entertainment can provide their services for the entirety of your wedding day. From the beginning
of the ceremony to the last person leaving the dance floor, they can be there for it all. They will also work with
you before your wedding day to learn all the details needed to create an entertainment schedule for your

celebration. Along with its expansive music library, this agency also offers:
Cordless microphones
Dance floor lighting
Fog machine
Up-lighting
About WeddingWire
WeddingWire is a trusted online marketplace, connecting couples with local wedding professionals and a suite of
comprehensive tools that make wedding planning easier. Operating within a $250 billion global industry,
WeddingWire helps millions of couples every month find the right team of wedding professionals to personalize
and pull off their special day. Couples around the world can read millions of vendor reviews and search, compare
and book from a directory of hundreds of thousands of vendors local to them. Visit WeddingWire online at
WeddingWire.com and follow on social media: Facebook.com/WeddingWire and @WeddingWire on Instagram,
Twitter and Pinterest.

FOR THE PEOPLE ENTERTAINMENT NAMED WINNER OF

THE KNOT BEST OF WEDDINGS 2022

16th Annual Best of Weddings Awards Honor the Top Wedding Vendors Across America

Glendale, WI /February 16th, 2022—For the People Entertainment is pleased to announce that it has been selected as a 2022 winner of The Knot Best of Weddings, an accolade representing the highest- and most-rated wedding professionals as reviewed by real couples, their families and wedding guests on The Knot, a leading all in one wedding planning destination. This is the second year For the People Entertainment has been named a winner of The Knot Best of Weddings awards.
In its sixteenth annual year, The Knot continues its long-standing tradition of supporting local wedding vendors with The Knot Best of Weddings 2022, an annual by-couples, for-couples guide to the top wedding professionals across the country. This year, five percent of hundreds of thousands of local wedding professionals listed on The Knot received this distinguished award.
To determine the winners, The Knot analyzed its millions of user reviews across various vendor categories—including venues, musicians, florists, photographers, caterers and more—to find the highest rated vendors of the year. These winners represent the best of the best wedding professionals that engaged couples should consider booking for their own unique weddings.
“We are so excited to be growing our business, and to be selected for a second year in a row in this prestigious award!” Jerald Donegan, President/CEO
The Knot has inspired 25 million couples (and counting!) to plan a wedding that’s uniquely theirs – from finding inspiration and local vendors to creating and managing all guest experiences, wedding registries and more. On The Knot Marketplace, couples can connect with any of the hundreds of thousands of local wedding professionals across the country, and The Knot Best of Weddings award gives couples the confidence to book the best vendors to bring their wedding visions to life. In combination with years of trusted content, The Knot’s innovative technology helps all couples seamlessly plan a wedding that’s uniquely theirs.
Wedding professionals who win The Knot Best of Weddings are members of WeddingPro, a leading B2B wedding brand. As the largest marketplace and community for wedding professionals, WeddingPro connects businesses with more than 13 million unique monthly visitors who are planning weddings on The Knot and WeddingWire, as well as with hundreds of thousands of pros in the industry. Through its online marketplaces, educational programs and community-building events, WeddingPro is dedicated to helping wedding professionals build relationships with couples and pros that grow their businesses.
For more information about The Knot Best of Weddings and this year’s winners, please visit https://www.theknot.com/vendors/best-of-weddings.

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About For the People Entertainment For the People Entertainment is a wedding DJ based in Glendale, Wisconsin. With over 15 years of experience, this talented professional provides a proven and versatile service. For your special day, they will work with you to create a personalized experience tailored to your celebration
About The Knot The Knot is the nation’s leading digital wedding resource offering a seamless, all-in-one planning experience—from finding inspiration and local vendors to creating and managing all guest experiences, wedding registries and more. The trusted brand reaches a majority of engaged couples in the US through the #1 wedding planning website TheKnot.com and #1 iOS and Android mobile app The Knot Wedding Planner, The Knot national wedding magazine, and The Knot book series. Since its inception, The Knot has inspired approximately 25 million couples to plan a wedding that’s uniquely them. Visit The Knot online at TheKnot.com and follow on social media: Facebook.com/TheKnot and @TheKnot on Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram.

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15th Annual Best of Weddings Awards Honor Top Wedding Vendors Across America 

GLENDALE, WI/January 22nd, 2021—For the People Entertainment are pleased to announce that it has been selected as a 2021 winner of The Knot Best of Weddings, an accolade representing the highest- and most-rated wedding professionals as reviewed by real couples, their families and wedding guests on The Knot, a leading wedding planning and registry brand and app. 

Despite COVID-19 interrupting many 2020 weddings and social events, wedding professionals around the nation continued to support to-be-weds throughout their wedding planning journeys. From adjusting future schedules to make way for postponed weddings, to helping couples host socially distanced weddings following state and local guidelines and restrictions with an increased focus on health and safety, wedding pros—and the industry as a whole—rallied together in 2020, ultimately helping couples continue to celebrate life and love. The Knot 2021 Best of Weddings recognition honors the vendors who went above and beyond to help to-be-weds navigate the global pandemic. 

In 2021, five percent of hundreds of thousands of local wedding professionals listed on The Knot received this distinguished award. In its fifteenth annual year, The Knot continues its long-standing tradition of supporting local wedding vendors with The Knot Best of Weddings 2021, an annual by-couples, for-couples guide to the top wedding professionals across the country. This comes as the industry prepares for an increase in upcoming celebrations due to postponed events throughout 2020. 

To determine the winners, The Knot analyzed its millions of user reviews across various vendor categories—including venues, musicians, florists, photographers, caterers and more—to find the highest rated vendors of the year. These winners represent the best of the best wedding professionals that engaged couples should consider booking for their own unique weddings. 

“We’re so excited to have won this honor this year! From humble beginnings, FTP is here to stay, and we see a bright future because of clients like you!” –Jerald Donegan, CEO/President, For the People Entertainment 

The Knot has inspired 25 million couples (and counting!) to plan a wedding that’s uniquely theirs. With a rich history of providing high-quality content and inspiration, The Knot makes it easy for couples to connect with and book the right wedding professionals to create their perfect wedding day. On The Knot Marketplace, couples can connect with any of the hundreds of thousands of local wedding professionals across the country. The Knot Best of Weddings gives couples the confidence to find and book the best local vendors to bring their wedding visions to life. In combination with years of trusted content, The Knot’s innovative technology simplifies wedding planning, inspiring couples to plan a wedding unique to their love story and personalities. 

Wedding professionals who win The Knot Best of Weddings are members of WeddingPro, the leading B2B wedding brand. As the largest marketplace and community for wedding professionals, WeddingPro connects businesses with more than 13 million unique monthly visitors who are planning weddings on The Knot and WeddingWire, as well as with hundreds of thousands of pros in the industry. Through its online marketplaces, educational programs and community-building events, WeddingPro is dedicated to helping wedding professionals build relationships with couples and pros that grow their businesses. 

For more information about The Knot Best of Weddings and this year’s winners, please visit https://www.theknot.com/vendors/best-of-weddings. 

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About For the People Entertainment 

Operating out of Glendale, WI, For the People Entertainment offers a first-rate DJ and MC service for weddings and other special events. Business owner, Jerald Donegan, A.K.A DJ JayDub is a seasoned professional who is deeply committed to his craft. His expertise is packing dancefloors and tailoring soundtracks to match and elevate the atmosphere of exciting matrimonial celebrations. 

Jerald has been operating behind the decks for over one and a half decades, ensuring his clients he has extensive industry experience and knowledge. For the People Entertainment has made its name synonymous with making lifetime memories, and Jerald is known to go that extra mile no matter what. This expert makes it his top priority to provide more than just a good time. He aims to tailor the experience to reflect the energy and style of the couples he feels so lucky to work alongside. 

For your convenience, For the People Entertainment allows you to customize a wedding package to suit your particular needs. This ensures that you and yours receive a personalized set of services and an experience to match. Jerald provides his own high-quality sound equipment to each wedding event along with professional up lighting to help generate an exciting ambience on the dance floor. 

About The Knot 

The Knot is one of the nation’s leading multiplatform wedding resources offering a seamless, all-in-one planning experience—from finding inspiration and local vendors to creating and managing all guest experiences, wedding registries and more. The trusted brand reaches a majority of engaged couples in the US through the #1 iOS and Android mobile app The Knot Wedding Planner, the #1 wedding planning website TheKnot.com, The Knot national and local wedding magazines, and The Knot book series. Since its inception, The Knot has inspired approximately 25 million couples to plan a wedding that’s uniquely them. Visit The Knot online at Facebook.com/TheKnot and @TheKnot on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest. 

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Whitefish Bay, January 18, 2021. — For the People Entertainment was announced as a winner of the 2021 WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Awards®, an accolade representing the top wedding professionals across the board in quality, service, responsiveness and professionalism reviewed by couples on WeddingWire, a leader in the $200 billion global wedding planning industry.

In 2020, the rise and spread of COVID-19 unfortunately impacted the wedding industry and the hundreds of thousands of small businesses who bring weddings to life every day. However, wedding vendors worldwide continued to guide their couples through wedding planning and the challenges of the global pandemic. In celebration of local wedding vendors nationwide and overseas, the 2021 WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Awards® recognizes the wedding professionals who excelled in supporting to-be-weds despite unprecedented challenges resulting from COVID-19.

To determine these distinguished wedding professionals, WeddingWire analyzed reviews across more than 20 service categories—from venues and caterers to florists and photographers—to find the most- and highest-rated vendors of the year. The winners exhibit superior professionalism, responsiveness, service and quality when interacting with the millions of couples who turn to WeddingWire to help with their wedding planning process each month.

Wedding professionals who win WeddingWire Couple’s Choice Awards® are members of WeddingPro, the leading B2B wedding brand. As the largest marketplace and community for wedding professionals, WeddingPro connects businesses with more than 13 million unique monthly visitors who are planning weddings on WeddingWire and The Knot, as well as with hundreds of thousands of pros in the industry. Through its online marketplaces, educational programs and community-building events, WeddingPro is dedicated to helping wedding professionals build relationships with couples and pros that grow their businesses.

For the People Entertainment is honored to be one of the top vendors in Whitefish Bay on WeddingWire. For more information about For the People Entertainment, please visit us on WeddingWire. To learn more about the Couples’ Choice Awards®, visit www.weddingwire.com/couples-choice-awards.

 About WeddingWire WeddingWire is a trusted online marketplace, connecting couples with local wedding professionals and a suite of comprehensive tools that make wedding planning easier. Operating within a $250 billion global industry, WeddingWire helps millions of couples every month find the right team of wedding professionals to personalize

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Behind The Scenes at For The People Entertainment–Our COVID-19 Response

Back in 2019, we celebrated our 10th anniversary, and we had our best year yet.  Going into 2020, we were going strong-even getting to do the Bridal Expo at the Brookfield Sheraton in early March.  We spoke to lots of couples who were expecting to have and plan for their perfect wedding day.  The biggest obstacle was the Democratic National Convention scheduled in Milwaukee for July.  For the People Entertainment was planning for another great year!

We are not an essential business, and therefore forced to close our office.  You can imagine how terrible this was for us.  The first few days of the shelter in place were quiet.  Suddenly, the requests to reschedule wedding dates started trickling in.  Our clients were going through the worst possible moments, having to plan their weddings for a new date.  Nobody should have to go through these experiences, but here we are, figuring out how to stay at home, and rearrange our lives.

Despite hard times, we’re not about to give up.  We have made it through 10 years of really hard work.  When we started this little dream of ours, we were trained to perform but still working on getting the best equipment we could.  Our early clients were the key to our growth and success.  Clients like you, who support small business, are going to be the key to keeping us alive through this pandemic and beyond.  We are not resting on our laurels-rather we are working on improving ourselves, and our business while we have the time to really focus on doing it right. It was time for us to focus on the positive, and continue to move our business in the direction we dream it can go.

While this pandemic has kept us in our house, FTP Entertainment has been spinning records every Sunday night, live on Facebook to keep the positive vibes flowing.  Music lifts the soul if you let it, and we’re lifting hearts weekly with our beats!

While we are in this slowdown, we have redesigned our website too.  We’re looking forward to a fresh new look, and a fresh start after things start to re-open.  Look for us at our new and improved website, ftpmke.com!

To those of you who are essential workers, FTP Entertainment thanks you for your service during this pandemic.  We have some clients who are nurses, bankers, and other front line workers-shout out to you-you know who you are!  We appreciate you!

We’re going to make it through together.  As soon as we can have our parties, FTP will be right there showcasing how we’ve made it through to entertain For the People.  After all, the people are who make us great.

Stay healthy, stay safe!

Wedding General Party Tips

So you’ve just gotten engaged, congratulations! Now what do you do? Here are some tips/tricks to finding the best DJ entertainment for you.

Now that you’ve gotten over the excitement of being engaged, it’s time to start planning for that special day. You will need a venue, you will need food, and you will need a photographer to name a few. The most important of course, is your entertainment, because that person or group needs to interact with all of your other vendors (yes, even the caterer) to make sure that every event flows into the next as seamlessly as possible, allowing you the best photo opportunities, and of course the best dance party of your life!

Choosing a DJ can be a daunting task, but we are here to help you wade through all of the choices and offerings so you find exactly what you are looking for. Here are just a few of the questions you should be asking your DJ entertainer before selecting one.

1. Can the company provide referrals from previous clients?

A good DJ company is going to have these referrals readily available for you, and there may even be an opportunity to go to the company’s website to find online reviews or even published surveys from previous clients available online. If a DJ is unable, or unwilling to give you this information, it’s time to exit stage left.

2. How knowledgeable is the DJ in every genre of music?

What we have learned throughout the years, is that being a DJ is so much more than just playing music. The DJ should be knowledgeable about many genres of music, even the ones that are not of personal interest to him or her. We’ve learned that playing the right song at the right time is what makes those lasting memories. We want to make sure that people who love polka leave the party believing that their DJ was born into Polka and lived it his whole life. We want those that love country music to believe that the DJ was born in boots and has been line dancing since toddlerhood. A good way to test out the DJ during an informal conversation is to give a very vague reference to a song, and see if he knows the title and artist. I promise you, a good DJ will be able to figure it out because he knows his stuff!

3. How flexible is the DJ with pricing/offerings and custom show requests?

A good DJ business is going to have multiple options for packages and pricing to fit every budget. If your DJ isn’t willing to work with you, to get you the most that you can get within your budget, it’s time to find someone who will. Of course, it would not be fair to ask the DJ to cut the price in half, and if that happens, you know it was too much to begin with! Usually there is some wiggle room, ask the question and your DJ should be able to work with you to find a compromise that works for both parties. As for custom show requests, take it from us, this is something that a DJ deals with daily. A good DJ will be able to make changes on the fly, and execute flawlessly.

4. Are there examples or pictures of equipment that the DJ can show you?

One of the most frequent questions we get from brides and grooms, is “what equipment do you have?” Lots of mobile DJ’s like to say that they have the proper lights and sounds for the event, but a truly good company will be able to show you, through virtual or physical means what his equipment will look like. A good DJ should have proper lights that will light up the dance floor, a mirror ball with spot lights, and generally enough lighting to make a spectacular light show for the dance floor. In addition, there should be two high power speakers, and redundancy within the equipment in case anything fails (in other words, capability to play multiple types of music-flash drive MP3, MP4, digital computer, and CD to name a few).

5. Decide what you want for your day, and communicate that to your prospective entertainer.

For the People Entertainment has set up a comprehensive online planning form for your ceremony and reception. We set the nights events up according to what you want! You should make sure that your entertainment people are prompt, their equipment should not be gaudy looking, and the personal appearance of your entertainer should match the aim of your event. For the People Entertainment is always on top of the equipment it sends out. Being known for reliability and a great show is only possible because of how well we maintain our gear and when things go wrong we have spares at the venue to seamlessly repair and replace equipment on the fly. For the People entertainment is about providing a good time with style and class, according to what YOU want. You need a great D.J. Service? We are here for you!