Uptown Swing Kingston

01/23/2026

A clip from last Saturday’s demo, at the Hudson Valley Community Dances’ swing dance at White Eagle Hall in Kingston. Nelson & Emily, lead-follow Lindy hop 🕺💃

Full video on the Uptown Swing Kingston YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/E3eKwd7QoEs?si=gAaBsUzp0ogwA31F 📽️

Song: Old Fashioned Love by Doro Wat

01/14/2026

This Saturday! Nelson & Emily are teaching an intermediate swing dance workshop for Hudson Valley Community Dances swing dance. Join us from 6:30-7:30 pm at White Eagle Hall in Kingston on Saturday, January 17. 💃🎶

We’ll teach a beginner’s lesson from 7:30-8:00, enjoy live music from , and do a little demo dance at the band break!

Video from our May 2025 performance to the Big Band Sound at Solid Gold! Big Band Style.

12/21/2025

When we heard there was dancing with the Polar Bear, the Uptown Lowdown had to join in! 🐻‍❄️🩰🎄 We had a blast dancing, singing, sparkling, and celebrating this little slice of Sinterklaas in Rhinebeck. ✨

Thanks to for the tunes, and everyone who made this event possible! 🎺🎶🥁💂🏻🧌🌟

12/06/2025

The Uptown Lowdown took a break from performing at the Snowflake Festival this year, but we had the best time attending and actually getting to enjoy all the festivities! We particularly loved the March of the Wooden Soldiers dance performance, but felt they could have used a few more shimmies and charlestons in their dancing, and maybe a Rockettes-inspired ending. 😉 (See the last photo.)

And of course, we couldn’t help but take a photo in front of the vintage 1934 fire truck with one of our classic poses. 👯‍♀️

Photo round up of Snowflake Festivals past, from 2024-2017. 💃🏼❄️🧣🎄🌟🌹✨💂🏻 We hope to be back next year! Thanks, .uptown !

08/12/2025

A huge thanks to for capturing these amazing action shots of the Uptown Lowdown’s performance at !

08/03/2025

The Uptown Lowdown had a blast performing today at at Kingston Point! Performance video to come ⚓️⛵️👯‍♀️🌊☀️🫡

07/28/2025

The Uptown Lowdown are suiting up for our next performance: Sunday, August 3 at the Bon Odori Dance Festival for Peace! Catch us at Kingston Point Beach on the main stage at 1:15 pm. 👯‍♀️⚓️⛵️🌊

Photo: still from our Riverboat Shuffle video, available on the Uptown Swing Kingston YouTube channel. 🎞️

06/01/2025

A snippet of last night's show, Solid Gold! Big Band Style. It's don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing.

We've got one more show tonight! Join us at 6 pm in the bandshell at Freedom Park in LaGrange, Sunday, June 1. A full show with live music from The Big Band Sound 25-piece jazz orchestra, 6 vocalists, and Emily + Nelson dancing to 6 songs!

All in support of Sparrow's Nest, which provides meals for families facing a cancer diagnosis.

More info: https://www.facebook.com/share/1GREhiZNbp/

05/23/2025

Saturday, May 31 and Sunday, June 1! The Big Band Sound 25-piece jazz orchestra presents “Solid Gold! Big Band Style” at Freedom Park Bandshell in Town of LaGrange. This show celebrates the 50 year (!) history of the Big Band Sound, with songs from the Great American Songbook.

Emily + Nelson will be dancing to 6 songs with the live big band both nights, and the Uptown Lowdown vintage jazz dance troupe opens the show, on Saturday only!

Suggested donation is $25, and proceeds from the show benefit Sparrow’s Nest, which provides meals to families locally that are facing a cancer diagnosis.

More info at thebigbandsound.com !

12/21/2024

Happy Winter Solstice from the Uptown Lowdown!

📷: post performance at the ❄️🌟🧣

12/08/2024

The Uptown Lowdown performed I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm at the Snowflake Festival in Kingston, NY on 12/6/24. Thanks so much to Drew Andrews for MC-ing, Radio Kingston for running tech (and melting the ice on the stage), and the Kingston Uptown Business Association for organizing this wonderful annual event!

Music: I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm by The Grand St. Stompers
Choreography: Emily Vail

The Uptown Lowdown is a vintage jazz dance troupe based in Kingston, NY: https://www.uptownswingkingston.com/uptown-lowdown

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