jQuery Grid Plugin - jqGrid

I am looking for examples of a website using jquery type of menu system that would feed jqgrid parameters to search on.  I am trying to get away from attaching jqgrid code to each menu item.  Here is my working environment:  Client side Internet Explorer (not a problem) that pulls in xml library files of items;  Server side is a dumb server (no php, asp, java, etc).  Currently web site is set up for a jquery "droopy" menu system and a standard jqgrid for visual analysis by the web site user.  Example of what I have so far can be found here (http://serco-hrc.com/testMe/index.html).  I am not truely set on using droopy menu.  I would love to find something that was themerollerable.

Here is the premise of what I am trying to do.  The menu items which are sub-categories, should go out and retrieve xml objects (from a static xml file) and push this data to jqgrid.  After the user finds the item he/she would like to "investigate" further, the user can click on that jqgrid row and this would go out and get the full information about that single item and populate an accordion type of display.

I am looking for a direction to code in.  Any suggestions would be of great use.

Tony