Celebrating the life of Scott Crohn

As music entertained an audience on Saturday night, a lone snare drum stood to the side.
   
The drum symbolized the seat once commonly held by the late Scott Crohn, 48, an East Meadow resident who died unexpectedly of a heart attack on Christmas Day, Dec. 25. Nearly 200 people came out to the East Meadow Fire Department headquarters on Saturday to remember Crohn, who is survived by his wife, Alyce, and three children: Jennifer, Jordan and Julia. 
   
Friend and band mate Hal Rubin recalled Crohn as a hard worker who loved his family and had a passion for music and sports.

   
"Scott had this magnetic personality," Rubin said. "Everyone seemed to know him. He was just somebody that people were drawn to."
   
Crohn, an audiologist, ran a business with his father, Leonard, in Valley Stream. He enjoyed playing the drums, and played with Rubin and their classic rock band, Pick Six. Though they typically jammed on their own, the band occasionally played at local events, including a pre-Super Bowl party at the East Meadow Jewish Center. As an athlete, Crohn played baseball and softball on several teams and was an avid bowler.  

   
Rubin, along with wife, Elise and some of Crohn's other pals — Dave Rubinstein, Jeff Brody, Gary Adler and Gary Arm — decided to coordinate the fundraiser to honor their friend. The East Meadow Fire Department donated their event room at headquarters to host the fundraiser. It was a night of music, raffles, food and of course, story-telling about Crohn as well as an emotional video tribute.

"We had it first and foremost in our minds," Rubin said, "that we could celebrate Scott's life."