Some different tunes will be filtering out of local bars tonight -- traditional Irish tunes will be heard amid the more typical bar sounds.

Joining the usual group of State College revelers this St. Patrick's Day is a group of bagpipers that will tour bars as a promotion for Anheuser-Busch Inc.

Mike Gyetvay, district manager for Anheuser-Busch, is sponsoring the second annual St. Patrick's Day Irish Road Show in conjunction with W.R. Hickey Beer Distributor, Inc., 1321 E. College Ave.

Pam Mowrer, manager of the All-American Rathskeller, 108 S. Pugh St., said last year everyone enjoyed the bagpipers. She said everyone liked them because they represented the ethnic origin of St. Patrick's Day.

The two bagpipers and one drummer are part of the Jaffa Highlanders pipe band started in 1982 by a Penn State Altoona Campus professor. The band is sponsored by the Jaffa Mosque in Altoona and includes about 20 members with 12 bagpipers and the rest drummers, said Jim Angus, one of the group's bagpipers.

Gyetvay searched the state to find the bagpipers and said, "It was very tough trying to find bagpipers in central Pennsylvania."

The three men, including bagpipers Angus and Jack Linderman and drummer Leonard Panos, will travel to about 12 State College bars starting at 3:30 p.m. today. They will play for people waiting outside in line then venture inside to play "a little jam session" of various Irish tunes for about a half hour, Gyetvay said.

Ray Rockey, co-owner of the Brewery, 233 E. Beaver Ave., said the bagpipers were an "interesting change, but they almost didn't fit in because we had alternative bands all day. People were glad to see them come and they were glad to see them quit."

Angus said the performers will be wearing traditional Scottish costumes with kilts, doublets, high feather bonnets, dice-toe socks and white spats with black buttons. The black buttons are in memory of the Scottish highlanders killed in battle.

Gyetvay said he hopes the bar tour becomes a tradition because "last year's response was tremendous and it is a way to give something back to the customers."

Chris Hickey, college market coordinator, said "everybody enjoys (the bar tour), and it keeps the bar managers and owners happy."

Angus said the band does not only play for St. Patrick's Day, but are also involved in various parades and competitions throughout the year. He added that there are a lot of Highland pipe bands across the country.