June 13, 2026 Local Stories in and Around St. Joseph, Illinois

10 things you don’t know about me … Matt Walsh

Matt Walsh with Engaging Entertainment is will be DJing at the Wagner Signs and Graphics Anniversary Celebration. We asked Matt to share 10 interesting facts with us to kick off the festivities.

  1. What is something you always carry with you?
    A pocket knife
  2. Where is your favorite place to travel to?
    Anywhere warm and sandy!
  3. What is the best advice you have ever received?
    Knuckle down and work no one will give you anything. (Thanks Dad!)
  4. What is your most valuable (to you) possession?
    A plaster cast of my kids hands.
  5. What is a movie or tv show you have watched again and again?
    Step brothers! (It’s the Catalina wine mixer!!!)
  6. What do you enjoy about your job?
    I love this question! I get to be the person who helps entertain people on one of the best days of their lives! When it’s not a wedding I still get to make people happy!
  7. What is the most unique thing you have ever seen at your job?
    One time at Hudson farm a bridesmaid and groomsmen switched clothes for the grand entrance!
  8. What is your favorite childhood memory?
    After our house burned down when I was a child my 3rd-grade class all chipped in and bought me a cabbage patch doll. It was extremely thoughtful!
  9. What is a talent or hobby you have that may surprise people?
    I walk stilts and occasionally dress up for Halloween as a clown or as a scarecrow.
  10. What was the best gift you have ever received for your birthday?
    My wife made me a video of pictures of our children. It was a very emotional gift for sure!

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