Even if you didn't like the plot behind Titanic, you had to respect the music in it, especially the traditional Irish beats that Jack and Rose danced to in the steerage party scene.

Penn State students will get the chance to hear the band that starred in that very scene when Irish band Gaelic Storm performs at 10 p.m. tomorrow in HUB-Robeson Center's Alumni Hall.

So do they ever get mad being known as the band from Titanic?

Pat Murphy, lead singer, and harmonica and accordion player for Gaelic Storm, says no.

"We're thankful for that," Murphy said. "That was five or six years ago and we've only gotten better since then. People love to hear the story about how a band went from playing in pubs to being in the number one movie of all time. Titanic allowed us to do what we love to do."

While the band didn't sing in the movie -- its scenes contained only musical selections -- Gaelic Storm will get the chance tomorrow to showcase its vocal abilities as well.

The stop is one on Gaelic Storm's current tour that is traveling all over the country promoting the band's most recent album, Tree. While not on the road, Gaelic Storm performs at Irish and Celtic festivals on a regular basis. In 1998, 1999 and 2001, they drew record-breaking crowds to the Irish Fest in Milwaukee and they performed in front of 7,000 people at the Festival Interceltique de Lorient in France -- the largest Celtic festival in the world. They were also named "performers of the year" in 1999 and 2000 by the National Association of College Activities.

The event is part of the "new and improved" multicultural music series run by the University Concert Committee.

"This year we redefined what multicultural music series meant," University Concert Committee publicity officer Aaron Null said. "In the past it was more based on hip hop. Right now hip hop is mainstream, and for us, multicultural means something that students aren't exposed to every day."

Heather Alexander will open for the band. Alexander has released five solo albums since 1994, the latest titled "Festival Wind." Before her solo career took off in 1991, Alexander created and was part of the Celtic fusion band Phoenyx.

"It's going to be a lot of fun," Kate Mackay, vice president of the Penn State Irish Organization, said. "It's a chance to hear music you don't really hear often. There are lots of bands from Ireland, like U2 and The Cranberries, but they aren't really traditional. It's different from what we normally hear on the radio."

While the band won't be dressed in clothes, and Alumni Hall doesn't exactly resemble the area below the deck of the Titanic, the energy you saw during the steerage party scene will definitely be present.

"It's going to be lively," Null said. "It's definitely designed to get people out of their seats ... It's a party show and it's definitely interactive."