LOCAL DANCING LEGEND DIES

A SIOUX CITY ICON HAS PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 84.  GERRY GOULETTE DIED MONDAY AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL.

HE WAS BETTER KNOWN TO SIOUX CITY AS "AL JOLSON" AND ENTERTAINED PEOPLE AROUND BARS IN TOWN FOR DECADES.

MIKE SAVIOLA, OWNER OF "BUFFALO ALICE",  WAS ONE OF AL'S CLOSE FRIENDS WHO FIRST MET HIM WHEN HE WALKED INTO B.A'S ONE NIGHT AROUND 35 YEARS AGO:

AL WOULD LITERALLY WALK FROM BAR TO BAR ACROSS THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT, INTO THE STOCKYARDS TO PERFORM, AND WAS WELCOMED BY EVERY ESTABLISHMENT:

AL WAS ALSO A FIXTURE IN THE ANNUAL RIVER CADE PARADE, WHERE HE WOULD WEAR AN "UNCLE SAM" SUIT AND SING AND STRUM HIS UKELELE AS HE WALKED THE PARADE ROUTE. HE AND SAVIOLA ALSO ENTERTAINED SIOUXLANDERS IN LOCAL MARDI GRAS PARADES.

SAVIOLA  SAYS AL JOLSON WAS ONE OF A KIND, AND WE'LL NEVER SEE ANYONE LIKE HIM  AGAIN IN SIOUX CITY.