Lada Edmund Jr.

Lada Edmund, Jr. was originally cast in the Broadway production of "Bye Bye Birdie with Dick Van Dyke and Chita Rivera in 1960. She later was a featured dancer on "Hullabaloo" on NBC in 1965, as the "Hullabaloo A-Go-Go Girl in the cage." Her "Go-Go" status happened quite by accident. The first Hullabaloo show featured the "A Go-Go" segment, which was based on the establishment Whiskey A-Go-Go in Los Angeles. The "A Go-Go" segment was to feature the guest artist(s) while the Hullabaloo dancers supported the act by dancing routines while they performed on the floor. But Lada, being 17 years old at the time, was assigned to dance in one of the Go-Go cages. Her instructions were, make the frills on her go-go dress fly. Being a tomboy growing up and being the competitor she was, she followed orders which developed into a high-octane effort that virtually stole every show. (And there was NEVER any move in that cage that could have been labeled offensive.)It saved Hullabaloo because the first