Require help controlling the time line of movie with AS 2.0

I am trying to control a movie clip via action script through a button.
My Flash File has a master movie clip "masterMC" that contains all of
the movie clips for the flash movie. It is essentially a calendar that
when the user clicks on a date a small box pops up with the event(s)
scheduled for that day.
Inside "masterMC" there is a movie clip "calendar" and a movie clip
"events" both with similar instance names. Inside the "calendar" movie
clip are calendar graphics of different months (oddly enough) where the
dates on which an event falls is a button symbol. I have a layer in the
"masterMC" that holds the action script for the buttons. I am trying
to, when a button I pressed, trigger a specific frame to play in the
"events" movie clip that brings up the box with the events. One of my
button's code looks like:
Oct18_btn.onRelease = function (){
eventsMC.gotoAndPlay("oct18");
I have verified all instance names, frame names, letter case etc... And
cannot figure out why when I test the movie nothing happens when I click
the button. Is there a problem in the code or could it be something
else? Thank you.

I apologize for harping on about this, I have been away for a couple weeks and just saw this. I think this is the case. The "eventsMC" and "calMC" are in the "masterMC" however the button is inside of another movie clip called "octMC" within the "calMC" therefore I cannot seem to manipulate the action script correctly to achieve the result I want. I have tried everything that has been posted as a possible solution and have gotten nowwhere. I tried putting the script directly on the button as:
on(release){
eventsMC.gotoAndPlay ("oct11");
and all varients using "_root." etc... and have gotten nothing. I attached the .fla file if anyone is willing to take a look and help me; the only button I have been working is the one for OCT 11. I simply want to repeat the same process each time an event falls within a day of the month. Thank you.

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