Jim Zee has a nice load that works well for me. It is an egg timer, hourglass. Mine is wooden and matches the dice cup I use. At the end of the routine, I say it is "time" to start the show. Lift the cup and there is the mini hourglass. I open all my formal close up shows with this.

Hope that helps.

David

I myself Realy like the Martin Lewis' idea with he explosion like revealation of tiny dice or the glued stack

Michael