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
Bolivar (Paris Métro) Bolivar (Paris Métro) Bolivar is a station on 7bis of the Paris Métro in the 19th arrondissement, on the "Avenue Simon Bolivar". The station was opened on 18 July 1911, six months the opening of a branch of line 7 from Louis Blanc to Pré Saint-Gervais on 18 January 1911. On 3 December 1967 this branch was separated from line 7, becoming "line 7bis". The "Avenue Simon Bolivar" is named after Simón Bolívar (1783–1830), "liberator" of several South American countries. During the World War I, the station, like other deep metro stations was converted into an air raid shelter. During