Astorino Welcomes The Beach Boys to Westchester

County Executive Rob Astorino has declared May 15, 2012 as “Beach Boys Day” in Westchester and honored the legendary band from sunny California with a proclamation Tuesday afternoon just before their evening show at the .

“My parents, when I tell them about my job and who I meet, no excitement—but when I told them The Beach Boys and all of a sudden they are jumping down—‘Can we come? Can we come?'” said Astorino.

The Beach Boys and the Westchester County Parks system are both celebrating their 50th anniversaries. The Beach Boys are currently on tour and will be releasing their newest album “That’s Why God Made the Radio,” in June.

Astorino, who attended Tuesday's show, said this is the beginning of reviving the “Renaissance” of the county center, which will be bringing back big name performers to the 4,440 seat-venue—including Boston and Whoopi Goldberg.

Check out our video to see the county executive deliver the proclamation and offer a few words on the band.