Lost sheet music near downtown Youngstown
Description
I lost my sheet music after a late practice at the Youngstown Music Academy on Wick Avenue, around 8:15 p.m. last Tuesday. I must have tucked the blue binder into my messenger bag and forgotten it on the bench by the front door; I retraced my steps through the hall and even checked the Youngstown Public Library lobby, but it vanished. The binder has a worn royal-blue cover with pencil annotations and a pink bookmark ribbon. Inside are etudes from Chopin and a few Gershwin arrangements I was practicing for a recital. Those pages hold tempo marks I rely on, and I’m anxious about losing them. If anyone finds it, please keep an eye out around downtown Youngstown.
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