Step back into the beauty of early-1980s Pasadena, California with this uplifting Young Ambassadors musical performance filmed on the stunning grounds of Ambassador College and around the iconic Ambassador Auditorium.
Featuring a joyful medley of classic songs including “On a Wonderful Day Like Today,” “Happy Days Are Here Again,” and “Great Day,” this rare performance captures the spirit, energy, and elegance of the Ambassador College campus during its golden era.
From the manicured gardens and fountains to the world-famous Ambassador Auditorium exterior, this musical clip is both a celebration of timeless music and a visual time capsule of one of Southern California’s most beautiful campuses at the time.
“On a Wonderful Day Like Today” — from the musical The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd
On a wonderful day like today
I defy any cloud to appear in the sky
Dare any raindrop to plop in my eye
On a wonderful day like today
On a wonderful morning like this
When the sun is as big as a yellow balloon
Even the sparrows are singing in tune
On a wonderful morning like this
On a morning like this, I could kiss everybody
I’m so full of love and good will
Let me say further more I’d adore everybody
To come and dine the pleasure ‘s mine
And I will pay the bill
May I take this occasion to say
That the whole human race should
Go down on its knees
Show that we ‘re grateful for mornings like these
For the world’s in a wonderful way
On a wonderful day like today
“Happy Days Are Here Again” — written by Milton Ager and Jack Yellen, popularized in the 1930 film Chasing Rainbows
Happy days are here again, the skies above are clear again
Let us sing a song of cheer again
Happy days are here again
All together shout it now there’s no one can doubt it now
So let’s tell the world about it now
Happy days are here again
Your cares and troubles are gone
There’ll be no more from now on
Happy days are here again, the skies above are clear again
Let us sing a song of cheer again
Happy days are here again
“Great Day” — from the 1929 Broadway musical Great Day
So when you’re down and out lift up your head and shout
There’s gonna be a great day
Angels in the sky promise that by and by
There ‘s gonna be a great day
Gabriel will warn you some early morn you
Will hear his horn, rooty toot tooten
It’s not far away, hold up your hands and say
There’s gonna be a great day
On a wonderful day, yes a wonderful day
On a wonderful wonderful wonderful wonderful wonderful
Wonderful day like today