Simon Bolivar Youth Symphonic Band Simon Bolivar Youth Symphonic Band The Simon Bolivar Youth Symphonic Band (SBYSB) () is the principal wind band of El Sistema, is a band based in Caracas, Venezuela. Since 2008, its principal conductor has been Sergio Rosales. The Simon Bolivar Youth Symphonic Band was founded in 2005 by the general director of the Simon Bolivar Music Conservatory, Valdemar Rodríguez, and Jesús Ignacio Perez Perazzo. The SBYSB is made up of students of the Simón Bolívar Music Conservatory and is part of the Academic Program of the National System of Youth and Children’s Orchestras and Choirs of Venezuela. The SBYSB has
USS Simon Bolivar (SSBN-641) went to alert status for the first of more than 70 strategic deterrent patrols spanning four decades and three major submarine launched ballistic missile weapons systems (Polaris, Poseidon, Trident). During "Simon Bolivar"s commissioned period she operated in the Atlantic and Mediterranean from three sites: Holy Loch, Scotland; Rota, Spain; and the continental United States, mainly Charleston, SC and Kings Bay, GA. Refit sites consisted of a submarine tender, floating dry dock and complexes of piers and warehouses. At the Scotland site, the entire refit site was anchored out in Holy Loch. "Simon Bolivar"s routine of deterrent patrols out of Charleston