The upcoming Azalea Festival is April 10th-14th.  The North Carolina Azalea Festival line up has been revealed.

Jennifer Wayne was named queen of Azalea Festival this year.  She  just finished shooting The Amazing Race and she also rocks out in a band called Darlington Abbey!   She also happens to be John Wayne’s granddaughter.

The Parade Marshall this year is our own North Carolina Governor, Pat McCrory.

Other celebrities include:

Colonel Joe Kittinger  (Space Jumper – set four world records jumping to Earth from 19 miles up.  He was also the capsule communicator for Felix Baumgartner’s big jump last year.

Peyton List (Disney Channel star Jessie/Diary of a Wimpy Kid/27 Dresses)

Alexa Allemani (Minor Actress Mad Men/The West Wing/Criminal Minds)

Emily Maynard (Speed Channel/The Bachelor/The Bachelorette)

Chris Corchiani (NC State/Boston Celtics basketball player)

Benjamin Bourgeois (Champion Surfer)

Arlie Honeycutt (Miss North Carolina 2012)

Win McMurry (Journalist for the Golf Channel)