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rsquo;Tree rsquo; branches out: CW series receives a big Texas welcome

rsquo;Tree rsquo; branches out: CW series receives a big Texas welcome
Penny Ditch  |  by theedge.bostonherald.com. All rights reserved. 17.07 | 1:19

When characters from "One Tree Hill" take a road trip, it rsquo;s no small feat.

And Wednesday rsquo;s episode of the CW drama series proves it. Virtually the entire cast and crew traveled from their usual North Carolina set to Honey Grove, Texas (pop.

1,746), where high school students made the winning video in a contest to have the show film a story on location.

Co-star Hilarie Burton, who plays often-troubled Peyton Sawyer, made an advance trip to deliver the news. "Our show takes place in a small town, so it felt really appropriate to go to another one," she said.

"To interact with our fans was kind of unsettling. I rsquo;m an old-looking rsquo;teenager, rsquo; so it was fun to hang out with real teens and get a perspective on the age we rsquo;re playing."

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CW and Warner Bros.

Television, which produces "One Tree Hill," partnered with the beverage company Sunkist in sponsoring the contest. Any concerns about Honey Grove residents getting in the way of the actors rsquo; work evaporated quickly, according to Burton.

"They were really generous, warm and hospitable," she said.

"They got to see what the process was like. We do take after take, and we rsquo;re kind of a well-oiled machine at this point, since we rsquo;re in our fourth season. We rsquo;re also a family and we just included them in it.

"

In Wednesday rsquo;s episode, Peyton and friends, including Lucas, Brooke, Nathan and Haley (Chad Michael Murray, Sophia Bush, James Lafferty, Bethany Joy Galeotti), head for Honey Grove to retrieve their pal Mouth (Lee Norris), who has text-messaged them for help after landing in jail. They arrive just as Honey Grove is having its school prom, thus the chance for many locals to appear on camera.
"It turned out to be a lot of fun," said Galeotti, who is pregnant on the show but not in real life.

"I grew up in Texas between the ages of 3 and 12, and it was great to drive through Dallas; I had forgotten how beautiful the architecture is. Everybody (in Honey Grove) was really excited, and what surprised me the most was how respectful everyone was. They seemed hopeful, like something new and exciting was happening for their town.

"

Also a singer who has performed musically on the show, Galeotti admits she has been "eating some humble pie. I thought we were going to have so many problems, with extras looking into the camera or wandering around and not knowing they were walking into a shot. It was amazing that they were so great.

They really paid attention and listened to direction, and they wanted to do the best job they could. It was really wonderful.

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Keywords: Honey Grove, One Tree Hill, One Tree, Tree Hill
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