2008 Azalea Festival Queen crowned

WILMINGTON — Barbara Alyn Woods was crowned our 2008 Azalea Festival queen. The coronation drew a large crowd to Riverfront Park. Woods stars on the hit TV show "One Tree Hill," which is filmed here in Wilmington. Some of her co-stars, like Chad Michael Murray, Hillary Burton and Lee Norris are also guest celebrities for the festival. Norris said, "I am so glad to be here, it's my first time to be here at the Azalea Festival, and obviously I've been working on One Tree Hill for some years, and we've grown to love Wilmington so much. I'm proud to call it home and even prouder to have Barbara Alyn Woods as the queen this year." The queen has a busy schedule this week. Among other things she'll be attending the garden tour ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday and she's in the parade on Saturday.