gotoAndPlay with Scenes Problem!

flash is driving me crazy!! :worried: hereā€™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 whatā€™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 sceneā€¦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