CARIBOU — The Caribou Performing Arts Center was the site Saturday for the 1990 state vocal jazz competition Saturday, which included junior high school show choir, high school show choir Divisions A and B, and high school jazz choir competitions.

Stearns High School of Millinocket and Massabesic High School of Waldoboro tied for first place in the high school show choir Division A, while Nokomis High School received second place.

Placing first and second, respectively, in the high school show choir Division B were Hampden Academy of Hampden and Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln.

Under the division of high school jazz choir, Nokomis Regional High of Newport placed first; Westbrook High School, second; and Thornton Academy of Saco, third.

Placing first in the junior high school show choir division was Houlton Junior High School; Millinocket Middle School, second place; and Caribou fifth and sixth grades, third place.

Groups were judged in a number of categories, including concept-style, technique, choreography and improvisation.

Soloist awards will be presented to an outstanding male and female vocalist in each division.

Outstanding females in each division were: Rebecca Upham, Millinocket Middle School, junior high school show choir; Katie Dow, Massabesic High School, high school show choir Division A; Jennifer Seargent, Houlton High School, high school jazz choir; and Susan Gemmel, Hampden Academy, high school show choir Division B.

Outstanding males in each division were: Joey Cowett, Caribou seventh and eighth grade mixed choir, junior high school show choir; Aaron Basko, Noble High School in Berwick, high school show choir Division A; Shawn Nickerson, Westbrook High School, high school jazz choir; and Kevin Cuddy, Hampden Academy, high school show choir Division B.

Competition judges were Barbara London from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Lorraine Shippee from Millinocket, Gary Whittner from the University of Maine at Augusta, and Darrell Bosteille and Melissa Hamilton from New York City. Bosteille and Hamilton are performers with the vocal jazz group The Ritz.