gotoAndPlay with Scenes Problem!

flash is driving me crazy!! :worried: here’s the deal:
i have a ā€œmovieā€ so far that is a bunch of circles moving around the page and revealing little-by-little what’s beneath them (using masked layers). well when the circles stop i want the viewer to click on one of three of the circles and be taken to another scene. i tried creating a button and then putting the actionscript in to go to the next scene…this almost worked, but instead of going straight to the scene, part of the first scene started playing again !!!
any ideas anyone??? (this is due monday!!!) :-/
thanks!!!
emily